1. Looking every inch the rugby star in This Sporting Life. (Courtesy of The Rank Organisation)
2. With Rachael Roberts in This Sporting Life. (Courtesy of The Rank Organisation)
3. Harris in Major Dundee. (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)
4. With Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. (Courtesy of Warner Bros/Seven Arts)
5. A Tramp Shining established Harris as a major recording artist. (Courtesy of Dunhill Records)
6. In his beloved Kilkee, Richard Harris is remembered as a racquet ball champion. (Courtesy of Tim Mason)
7. Richard Harris speaking out in support of a new university for Limerick in 1968. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)
8. Harris liked to support his native Limerick, putting his weight behind the campaign for a new university. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)
9. Playing the English aristocrat John Morgan in A Man Called Horse. (Courtesy of Cinema Center Films/CBS)
10. As the bomb-disposal expert in Juggernaut. (Courtesy of United Artists)
11. Harris as The Bull McCabe in The Field, for which he received an Oscar nomination. (Courtesy of Granada Films/Noel Pearson)
12. Limerick icons – Harris with socialist firebrand and mayor, Jim Kemmy. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)
13. Harris was a familiar figure to Limerick rugby fans; he is seen here making his way in to watch his beloved Munster. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)
14. Harris with pal Russell Crowe on Gladiator. (Courtesy of DreamWorks/MCA Universal Pictures)
15. Harris brought gravitas to the role of the emperor in Gladiator. (Courtesy of DreamWorks/MCA Universal Pictures)
16. As Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, his final great role. (Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures)
17. Richard Harris, ageing disgracefully, in Limerick near the end of his life. (Courtesy of Limerick Leader)