Matthew Potter
Matthew Potter is the curator of Limerick Museum. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of History of the University of Limerick. He is a published historian with a primary focus on governmental history. He has also focused on discovering link between Limerick the place and limerick the poem. He was educated in the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town and the Crescent College Comprehensive, Limerick City. He hold a B.A. in History from the University of London, an M.A. in Museum Practice and Management from the University of Ulster; and Ph.D in History from the National University of Ireland, Galway.Selected publications
- Limerick's Military Tradition : A Brief Introduction.
- Roscommon – History and Society Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County .
- They Dreamed and are Dead: Limerick 1916 .
- Limerick's Merchants, Traders and Shakers: Celebrating Two Centuries of Enterprise .
- City and Cemetery: A History of Mount Saint Lawrence, Limerick.
- Amazing Lace: A History of the Limerick Lace Industry.
- Skibbereen Town Council: A History.
- The Curious Story of the Limerick
- Boyle, Roscommon and Tulsk 1613–2013, 400 Years of Municipal Government in County Roscommon
- A Century of Service, A History of the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland 1912-2012.
- The Municipal Revolution in Ireland. A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland since 1800..
- Limerick – History and Society Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County .
- William Monsell of Tervoe 1812-94: Catholic Unionist, Anglo-Irishman..
- First Citizens of the Treaty City. The Mayors and the Mayoralty of Limerick,.
- The Government and the People of Limerick. The History of Limerick Corporation/City Council 1197–2006,.
- A Catholic Unionist. The Life and Times of William Monsell, first Baron Emly of Tervoe. A Centenary Essay,.
