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Book on history of Ranks
A book on the history of milling and Ranks Mills in Limerick will be launched  this Thursday, April 26, at 5.30, at the Hunt Museum. 
An invitation has been issued to former workers to attend.

Photographic exhibition
AN exhibition of photography and artwork celebrating 15 years of RehabCare and the wider Rehab Group in Limerick and the mid-west and south regions will be open to the public in the Istabraq Hall in Limerick City Hall.
The exhibition will run from Monday, April 30 until Wednesday, May 2, and is open to the general public.
The exhibition marks the launch of a new development on Parnell Street by RehabCare and Newgrove Housing Association which will consist of 35 units of supported and independent living housing units and a new resource centre for people with disabilities, autism/aspergers and mental health difficulties.

Yeats book donated to Gluckman Library
A first edition of the W. B. Yeats book ‘Four Plays for Dancers,’ was recently donated to the National Dance Archive of Ireland which is housed at the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.  The book belonged to Sara Payne, a dancer and teacher at the Abbey Theatre School of Ballet from 1928 – 1931, during which time she performed in the dance plays that Yeats revived.

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