In 2008, to commemorate 50 years of the Irish Georgian Society, the Limerick Chapter of the Irish Georgian Society and Limerick City Gallery of Art commissioned four artists to take photographs of Georgian Limerick. The idea of the exhibition was to ask four artists of very different temperament to photograph the historic and commercial centre of Limerick. This is a planned Georgian new town which, despite its central economic and social role within the city, has a decaying fabric. Neither its architectural character nor the historic importance of the townscape are fully recognized. To ask the four artists to photograph what they see in Georgian Limerick was an invitation to reveal what has been hidden by familiarity and neglect – architectural coherence, moments of monumentality, beauty. Alternatively the images can show what is normally unseen – the richness of the interior decoration, the life of the lanes. With the power of photography to focus attention and to transform the ordinary and taken-for granted the exhibition aimed to help define the character and value of Georgian Limerick.

The photographers:
Kieran Clancy. Architectural photographer. He lives in Limerick.

Sean Lynch. Born in Kerry in 1978. He lives in Limerick and Berlin. He was recently artist in-residence at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Exhibitions include the Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Limerick City Gallery of Art and Galway Arts Centre.

Eamonn O’Mahony. Professional Photographer since 1988. He maintains a studio in London and includes leading architectural firms among his clients. Lives and works in London and Limerick.

Deirdre Power. Born in Limerick in 1963. She lives and works in Georgian Limerick. Exhibitions include The Phatory, New York, The Belltable Arts Centre Limerick and ev+a