Pigtown Oral History Archive

"Pigtown – A History of Limerick’s Bacon Industry" by Ruth Guiry and co-edited by Dr Maura Cronin and Jacqui Hayes was released in 2016. This publication was a joint project with Mary Immaculate College.This project allowed people to understand the extent of the impact that the bacon industry had in Limerick through oral histories, and the testimonies of the many butchers and bacon company employees.

Their interviews can be found below