The University of Limerick (UL), the first university to be established since the foundation of the Irish state, came about through determined local campaigns. This sumptuously illustrated volume celebrates UL’ s fiftieth anniversary, presenting fifty contributions from or about people associated with the university. A wide diversity of writings ranges from scholarly essays to students’ tweets, through poems, presentations and personal memoirs. Voices include those of Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Donal Ryan, Denise Chaila, President Michael D Higgins, Donnah Sibanda Vuma, Paul O’ Connell, Dr Sindy Joyce, Bill Whelan, Mary O’ Malley, Noel Hogan of The Cranberries, Kathy Rose O’ Brien and the late Mí cheá l Ó Sú illeabhá in.