300-year-old Quaker records available online

RECORDS of the Quakers in Limerick dating back more than 300 years were yesterday opened for public viewing on Limerick City Council’s website through a joint initiative by the city council and the Society of Friends. The records date from the early 18th century.

The original records are held in the Quaker Library in Dublin and the Society of Friends approached Limerick City archives proposing to extend access to their records by microfilming the records and placing a digital copy of the microfilm online.

The project was funded by Limerick City Council and city archivist Jacqui Hayes said these records are of great interest to the Limerick area as the Quakers played a significant role in Limerick’s business and mercantile history in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.