The story of Limerick Castle begins over a millennium before it was built. There has been a settlement on the banks of the Shannon River at Limerick since at least the second century, when Ptolemy (c. 100 – c. 170) produced a map of Ireland with a place called Regia located where Limerick is today. Legend has…
What are Benchmarks? Benchmarks are mapping tools that were used throughout the 19th century all over the world. Benchmarks today look like crows feet carved into stone with three prongs extending from a horizontal line. They were originally created to align the base of a graduated staff, which is a stick with a series of…
Limerick’s Lost Buildings: Mont de Piété. In 1829 Joseph Barrington (1764-1846) and family funded Barrington’s Hospital on George’s Quay, they would spend over £10,000 on the construction of this building. It was Joseph’s son Matthew Barrington, a solicitor, who was the instigator of Limerick’s Mont de Piété or Charitable pawn shop, the first of eight…
We initially wrote this post for Got Ireland in Feburary 2013. Hidden Walks in Limerick City It is not immediately evident to Limerick’s visitors that the city possesses quite a few walkways where it is possible to find a peaceful sanctuary within the confines of bustling city life. Below we will describe how to locate…
St. John’s Fountain was built as in the 1860s indoor plumbing was non-existent in the older sections of Limerick City, such as Irish Town, during this period there was wide spread disease as a result of this lack of clean water. This was a time of reform in health care and a group of concerned…
Below you will find 10 historic street signs that still exist within the street-scape of Limerick City today. While only 10 are listed here, there are many more of them in the city. It is evident through Limericks practice of preserving the past that they wish to bring life to its history. Historic Street Sign…
The residents of Pery Square in the early 19th century were the most prominent and influential members of Limerick society of the time. The square and park were developed by the Pery Square Tontine Company, an idea of Matthew Barrington, the company included other notable names such as William Sexton Pery, Thomas P. Vokes, James…
Random Videos Old Videos of Limerick Walkabout Limerick City View our St. Patrick’s Day Parade videos Views from the city bridges Walk Along the Shannon at Corbally – 27 Nov 2012
After our walking tour of the canal we were approached by Limerick Open House who asked if we would participate in the weekend of Open House architectural events planned for the city on the weekend 19-21 October 2012. The plan was to cycle from the Lock Mills, next to the canal off Clare Street, to…
On Friday the 21st of September 2012 Culture Night was held throughout Ireland. Limerick had a catalogue packed full of events. It was wonderful to see the city filled with families on a Friday night strolling between venues. Although we could not make it to every event, here is a run down of the shows…
On the 23rd September 2012 we were asked to give a talk as part of the “Harvest Time Guided Walk” in association with Limerick Riverpaths these are the bullet points of the talk. The Canal while still fully in use. The idea for a canal connecting Limerick and Killaloe was first suggested in 1697, in…
On the night of the 6th or the morning of the 7th of March 1895 there was a very daring robbery in 19 Rutland Street, Limerick city, the perpetrators used the existing sewers to gain access from one side of the road to the other. Below is the extract from the Limerick Leader from Friday,…
The following poem was written by John F. McGrath, who was born on 14 July 1822 in Limerick and passed away in Brookhaven, Mississippi on the 11th January 1902. John McGrath had arrived in New York on 15 July 1851. In 1879 while living in New York with his wife Ellen Flood, he put pen to paper…
Limerick is well-known and famed for its bacon production, “everything but the squeak was used”. Many of the households in areas such as the Abbey kept pigs along with the more traditional chickens usually fed on domestic scraps as well as on root crops. Although the majority of the pigs were imported from the local…
Random Videos Old Videos of Limerick Walkabout Limerick City View our St. Patrick’s Day Parade videos Views from the city bridges 4th July Fireworks In typical Limerick fashion these took place days late on the 8th July 2012.