Street Line Critics present 9-10-11, a collaborative project featuring text-based submissions relating to Ormston House (9-10-11 Patrick Street). As part of our Prequel Programme, everything from facts to memories were contributed through an open call in a way that shares a variety of thoughts on the legacy of this building and on the fabric of Limerick life over the years.

The installation is up for two weeks so please come and peruse the showcased texts on the Patrick and Ellen Street windows. Special thanks to Mor Lotte, Caoimhe MacAllister, Paul Quast, and all at Ormston House for helping to realise the project.

14-26 May 2014

Read the contributions here.

About Street Line Critics:

Street Line Critics are a network of writers who share their thoughts, experiences and insights about particular places and routes in Limerick city using words of chalk as their medium.  They offer alternative perspectives of how we see and use our public places.  Opening up our streets through their musings and observations as a canvas to start a critical conversation with and about the city. By providing these impermanent monuments to the everyday, they are drawing attention to these spaces which belong to all of us and are engaging in a process of mapping out, through words, how Limerick is lived, walked, worked and used.

About the Prequel Programme:

The Prequel Programme is an on-going research project and active archive to provide new opportunities to contribute to and participate in our programme. It is rooted in the history of our Patrick Street Venue which was commissioned by Michael Egan and built in 1862. The design of this landmark building was inspired by the Venetian Palazzo making it a distinctive  sight in the streetscape. The Prequel Programme was initiated by Paul Quast with research support from Brian Hodkinson (Limerick City Museum), Professor John Logan, and Jack Ormston.