Brian ‘Jack’ Leonard

Recording No: 170

Theme: Business

Interviewee: Brian ‘Jack’ Leonard
Date of Birth: 1956
Interview location: Limerick city
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: 1922-2022: A Century of Change (part 2)
Date Recorded: 17/07/2020
Recording Length: 1:11:15 mins

Keywords: Leonard’s Menswear established 1935; 23 O’Connell St. Limerick; Leonard’s General Merchants, Bridge House, Newcastlewest; Augustinian Priory and school for disadvantaged children, Limerick; Hunting wear; Hatters; Limerick tailors; Clerical wear; Messenger boys; Batty Yelverton, French polisher; Art Deco shopfront; End-of-an-era of family menswear trading