File:The Mechanic’s Institute Can Be Found On Hartstonge Street -Limerick- REF-105851 (18872655079).jpg

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The Mechanic’s Institute can be found on Hartstonge Street, in central Limerick. It is at the People’s Park end of Hartstonge Street, opposite the end of Catherine Street.

This is a substantial stucco-fronted building, which occupies the rear site of No. 6 Pery Square. While this building has had inappropriate window replacements, it is an interesting example of an early twentieth-century classically styled clubhouse. The plaque which reads: 'Labor Omnia Vincet' means 'Labour Conquers All'.

Mechanics' Institutes are educational establishments, originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men. As such, they were often funded by local industrialists on the grounds that they would ultimately benefit from having more knowledgeable and skilled employees (such philanthropy was shown by, among others, Robert Stephenson, James Nasmyth, John Davis Barnett and Joseph Whitworth). The Mechanics' Institutes were used as 'libraries' for the adult working class, and provided them with an alternative pastime to gambling and drinking in pubs.
Date Taken on 10 June 2015, 08:40
Source The Mechanic’s Institute Can Be Found On Hartstonge Street [Limerick] REF-105851
Author William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland

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