The Colleen Bawn. The trial of the murderers of Ellen Hanley 'The Colleen Bawn' took place here.

This high profile real-life murder case, that was dramatised in a play, an opera and a film is usefully documented in the following resources.Limerick City Library archive documents relating to the murder case: http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/C/ColleenBawn/Limerick.ie website has the same documents: http://www.limerick.ie/history/localstudies/localstudiesfiles/c/colleenbawn/