Sharon Slater – Author and Award Winning Historian

Sharon Slater

Author and Award Winning Historian

Sharon has an outstanding passion for local history, combined with unbounded enthusiasm and tireless capacity for interacting with others and sharing her knowledge. Her website Limerick’s Life has become a real brand for Limerick, due to the huge amount of work she has put into identifying and bringing to light information about the city’s past. Sharon has an excellent insight into the opportunities opened by digital / social media and she is then perfect example of a modern age scholar. I met Sharon in 2011 while working on the Connected Limerick project and ever since, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength.Sharon has generously contributed her time and expertise to our research and community projects by giving invited talks, guiding historical tours, participating in recording sessions and providing us with excellent information and images from Limerick’s past

Dr. Gabriela Avram – University of Limerick, Ireland – 21 Jan 2013

Sharon has displayed a timeless commitment to her field. A multi-faceted talent, Sharon adroitly navigates between digital and print mediums to deliver a finished product or resource to satisfy the most discriminating standards. She is an effective communicator, both orally and in the written word, whose talents and capacity for detailed research have yielded top shelf publications with broad appeal. Sharon is a team player and would be a welcomed addition to any employer seeking an articulate, intelligent and driven candidate who numbers professionalism and quality amongst her highest priorities.

David Zelz – HR Generalist at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems – 18 Jan 2013

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“Enthusiasm moves the world, and Sharon has this in abundance” – Councillor Sean Lynch, Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Limerick

Sharon Slater

Sharon Slater is an award-winning historian, receiving the National Heritage Hero award for 2017 and a Mayoral reception in 2018. Currently, Sharon is a Historian in Residence at Ormston House.

She has delivered heritage/cultural projects for groups including National Heritage Council, Limerick Chamber, Limerick Archives, Limerick Museum, Mary Immaculate College, The History Press, and Fáilte Ireland.

Her website Limerick’s Life has been focused on the development of the history of Limerick city since 2004. She can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram under the name Limerick’s Life.

Michael Starrett, Chief Executive of the Heritage Council and Sharon Slater from Limerick winner of the The Heritage Councils Heritage Hero Award 2017 pictured at the Heritage Councils National Heritage Awards in the Medieval Mile Museum, Kilkenny. The Heritage Councils Heritage Hero Award celebrates someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the protection and promotion of heritage in Ireland. Picture Dylan Vaughan