Limerick Hotels

The sporting-minded will find out why Limerick was crowned European City of Sport 2011 - newly refurbished Thomond Park is home to Munster, one of the top Irish teams and a great place to watch Rugby. Limerick is also the place where Angela’s Ashes was written, and there are city tours which take in the Newtown Pery area of the city. Limerick is also where our ‘Tezza’ himself hails from – the nation’s favourite Irishman, Terry Wogan.

Limerick has undergone a major renaissance over the last 20 years, with ambitious new developments at Arthur Quay and a new waterfront. For shopping there’s the Crescent Shopping Centre and the most wonderful bookstore for miles around – ‘O’Mahony’s’ on O’Connell Street – three stories and seven levels of book heaven.

Limerick’s Top 10

Leeds Events

The Limerick UnFringed Festival is a catch all programme of arts, and attracts international writers, comedians, artists and street performers during January.

The Limerick Fresh Film Festival takes place in the middle of March at the Belltable Arts Centre and offers up and coming filmmakers the chance to showcase their offerings.

St Patrick’s Day takes place on 17^th March, the nation’s favourite event, with a parade down Limerick’s O’Connell Avenue.

The Limerick Riverfest is a riot of music and food as well as dragon boat races on the River Shannon in April.

The Great Limerick Run is an early May event which attracts more than 6,000 runners who take over the streets in this half-marathon, and a full marathon event.

The Custom and Performance Car Show draws together car enthusiasts and is a highly popular annual event which takes place at Limerick Racecourse in July.

The Limerick Show is the biggest agricultural show in the county with dog competitions and horse jumping as well as music, traditional Irish dancing and…cows! Make it a date at the end of August in Munster.

Limerick Gay Pride Festival is in mid September and a whole week of parties, parties, parties.

The Cruisle International Poetry Festival is a mid October Limerick event and a chance to take in literary readings, discussions and poetry workshops.

Christmas in Limerick is magical with a whole month of events during December culminating in Midnight Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.

When to Go

· Limerick has a generally mild climate, with no huge variations in climate, and its fair share of sunny days.

· The daily maximum temperature during the summer is 20 °C and the average daily minimum in January is around 4 °C. During a rare hot summer the temperature has been known to reach over 31 °C, and it’s not unheard of for temperatures to dip well below zero during a cold spell.

· The grass in Ireland is not green for nothing. Rain is more to be expected than not, so pack accordingly.

Getting There

· Shannon Airport in County Clare has domestic and international flights and taxis are available into the centre of Limerick at a cost of roughly 32 Euros.

· There is a regular train service from Limerick Railway Station into Dublin Heuston at a current cost of 43 Euros, and a journey time of two and a half hours.

· Bus Eireann operate a service from the bus and train station in Limerick centre – to Dublin which takes around one and a quarter hours and costs 11 and a half Euros.