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In August 1949, pretty 24-year-old Mary Limerick said farewell to her widowed mother at 42 Stonefield Crescent, High Blantyre, and set out to seek her fortune in Australia. She was barely a day on the high seas before she encountered romance. On Saturday 20th August 1949, her mother received a cable saying Mary was married […]

Mary Limerick, singer

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March 11, 2020

Blantyre People

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Ealasaid Ann Stewart shared this photo adding, “This is my family on my mum’s side. They came from Blantyre. My gran was a singer and quite well known in the 1940’s. Her name was Mary Limerick.” Mary Kenmuir Limerick was born in 1917, the daughter of John and Annie. She lived at Bairds Rows in Low […]