Of Limerick Saints and Seekers

Journey through a millennium and a half of Limerick history with scholars and scribes, poets and preachers, martyrs and missionaries, and founders of churches and religious communities. 0f Limerick Saints and Seekers is an impressive collection of stories of the lives of extraordinary people from a variety of faith traditions and perspectives, from well-known saints to unknown and unsung religious and lay people.

Drawing from early Ireland to the present day - including figures such as St fte, foster mother of the saints; Gille, Limerick's first bishop; the medieval Askeaton Madonna; Terence Albert O'Brien, bishop of Emly; Sikh scholar Max Arthur MacAuliffe and Sr Mary Clare Whitty, Anglican nun, martyred in Korea - with contributions from academics, archaeologists, archivists, poets, pastors and theologians and an introduction from Bishop Brendan Leahy, this fascinating collection remembers the lives of these remarkable individuals.