I te tau 1963 i whakamahia te whare nei e te koromatua o Limerick, e Frances Condell, hei manaaki i te peresideni o U.S. John Fitzgerald Kennedy i tana haerenga ki Ireland. I te waahi i te tau 1979, ko te kaihaerere Irish a John Treacy i toa koura i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships
I tū hoki tētahi wāhanga o te haerenga a Pope John Paul II ki Ireland ki konei.