Introducing Limerick City
With flashy developments along its waterfront, new top-end hotels and a splash of style from an embryonic café culture, Limerick is striving to bury its unfortunate ‘stab city’ moniker and join the march of Ireland to the future. Still, it’s easy to see traces of the squalor, as portrayed graphically by Frank McCourt in his novel Angela’s Ashes. Until beautification schemes take hold, the main drag, O’Connell St, remains rooted in the city’s past. But that doesn’t mean you should pass up the Republic’s fourth largest city. It has an intriguing castle, interesting museum and several good restaurants and pubs. Perhaps nowhere else can you so easily sense the Irish transition from old to new.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
