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W&LR - Limerick & Foynes Branch.
Limerick Check 21st November 2013. The over grown line on the right is the Foynes Branch. The other leads to Castlemungret. This line was constructed in 1968. Until then the Castlemungret Branch shared the Foynes Branch. The Castlemungret Branch opened in 1957 and closed in 2009.
23-11-14
A huge crowd turned out for the switching on of Limerick Christmas Lights on Bedford Row in the city.
Christmas was magically unwrapped in Limerick with the most enchanting ever switching on of the city’s festive lights to a captivated crowd in the city centre.
Children and parents from across the city, neighbouring counties and even up the West coast and Dublin watched on in wonder at the unfolding launch of the ‘Christmas in Limerick’ spectacular.
The show capped a year of stunning theatre and performance across Limerick and was put on by Big House Productions, who were also project directors of the biggest street carnival in Ireland this year – the September hosting of the Royal de Luxe extravaganza that attracted 250,000 people to Limerick to see the 25ft tall Granny in the high point of celebrations for its National City of Culture status.
The thousands who turned up today expecting more of the same were not disappointed as among the highlights of the 45 minute performance was the opening of a Christmas Card to the people of the city and county from Limerick’s favourite Granny herself.
Pic Sean Curtin Photo.
Limerick city lies on the River Shannon, with the historic core of the city located on King's Island, which is bounded by the Shannon and the Abbey River.
23-11-14
Louis Lovett read out Grannys letter to the people of Limerick at the turning on of Limerick Christmas Lights on Bedford Row in the city.
Christmas was magically unwrapped in Limerick with the most enchanting ever switching on of the city’s festive lights to a captivated crowd in the city centre.
Children and parents from across the city, neighbouring counties and even up the West coast and Dublin watched on in wonder at the unfolding launch of the ‘Christmas in Limerick’ spectacular.
The show capped a year of stunning theatre and performance across Limerick and was put on by Big House Productions, who were also project directors of the biggest street carnival in Ireland this year – the September hosting of the Royal de Luxe extravaganza that attracted 250,000 people to Limerick to see the 25ft tall Granny in the high point of celebrations for its National City of Culture status.
The thousands who turned up today expecting more of the same were not disappointed as among the highlights of the 45 minute performance was the opening of a Christmas Card to the people of the city and county from Limerick’s favourite Granny herself.
Pic Sean Curtin Photo.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Credit: The White House/Flickr/Public Domain. The limerick is mine.
The Limerick to Ennis train arriving its destination. I wonder has Dermot Mullane ever driven 2710!
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“The Living Bridge is a unique design by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, London and consists of seven 50-metre spans linked together by piers which create four platforms of refuge for walkers.
The platforms are designed to accommodate social gatherings, informal teaching sessions, music and dance performances, as well as a wide array of educational, social and cultural activities – all contributing to this facility’s status as a “living” bridge”.
The bridge alternates between rhythms of bridge and island, with lightweight bridge structures joining to more solid pier locations. This is reflected by the change in construction materials from steel to concrete and the transition from open parapets to solid pillars and glazed side walls which serve to shelter the “inhabitants” of this animated facility.
The architects designed the bridge to move in a beautiful flowing line across the Shannon, mirroring the river. The design conveys the sense of a series of bridges leaping from pier to pier, each supported by one of the existing islands in the riverbed. This gives the traveller the sense that they are crossing the river on stepping stones.
From the south campus, access to the bridge is through what presents itself as a hidden gateway in the Millstream Courtyard and provides a vital link between the Glucksman Library, Concert Hall and Millstream developments to the Health Sciences and the new Irish World Academy of Music and Dance on the north bank. An impressive Plaza will welcome you to Clare once you have travelled over the bridge.
The Pedestrian Living Bridge project was resourced through a partnership of private and public funding and was assigned to Arup Consulting Engineers in Dublin. Kerin Contract Management in Limerick managed the project while building work was undertaken by Eiffel Construction, France’s largest bridge builder.
While we all love those great big landscape photos, there's beauty to be found in the smaller things too...
Taken about 8 miles from Limerick (I bet you couldn't have guessed that) in beautiful Ireland.
Saturday, 29 November 2014
ICR #32 (22 032) arrives at Limerick Junction with the 1000hrs InterCity service from Dublin Heuston to Cork. GM 074 stands in the siding with a rake of empty ballast hoppers.
© Finbarr O'Neill
30/11/14
Oran Cummins, Glendale Limerick posting his letter to Santa from the North Pole Post Office Pixie Post on O'Connell Street Limerick.
Shoppers in Limerick will be forgiven for thinking this weekend they’ve walked onto the film shoot of a Christmas fairy-tale movie as two ‘Elf’ stores opened in the city centre at the weekend.
Fresh from a spectacular unwrapping of the city’s Christmas lights a week ago today in front of 12,000 people, hundreds of children flocked to the two ‘Elf’ units opened on the city’s main thoroughfare, O’Connell Street.
The ‘North Pole Post Office’, where children got to post their letter to Santa and help elves sort out his mail, and ‘Elf Enterprises HQ’, where children got to join the elves in wrapping presents and other activities, were busy throughout the weekend as queues of children descended to enjoy the special experience.
The initiative is the first phase of a three year programme of investment by the Limerick City Business Association at Limerick Chamber, in partnership with Limerick City and County Council, to transform Limerick into Ireland’s leading destinations for Christmas shopping and short-breaks.
. Pic Sean Curtin Photo.
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The single car unit is attached to a two car unit of the same class to operate the shuttle service from Limerick Junction to Limerick station.
Saturday, 29 November 2014
2807/08 stands ready at Limerick Junction with the 1140hrs service to Ennis via Limerick.
© Finbarr O'Neill
26/05/12
Back Row: Ronnie Long, Neil Cusack, Mick O'Shea, John Cussen and Tom Comyns
Front Row: Niall O'Shaughnessy, Rosamary Ryan, Frank O'Mara, Jim Hogan and Barbara Johnson pictured at a ceremony to honour Limerick's Olympic Athletes which took place at the Clarion Hotel, Limerick.
Limerick Olympic Legends Reunion 2012Short Press Release.May 23rd 2012.Limerick Athletics to honour Olympic Legends.2012 is the year of the London Olympic Games and it is unlikely they will be staged as close to Limerick again. Limerick is well established as a European City of Sport, but it also has a long tradition of Olympian athletes locally, stretching back prior to the birth of the Free State. Three of Limerick’s most famous athletes Frank O’Mara, Mick O’Shea and Niall O’Shaughnessy, will return from the USA to join their Irish based Olympic colleagues, in a unique reunion in the Clarion Hotel on Saturday evening next the 26th May. Limerick’s first Olympic athlete to compete for Ireland was John O’Grady of Ballybricken who competed in Paris in 1924 and he was also the first flag bearer of an Irish Olympic team. To this day the O’Grady monument at the Fairgreen stands in his memory. At the Amsterdam Games in 1928, Denis Cussen of Newcastlewest, capped fifteen times for Ireland in rugby, competed in the 100m. The period 1964 to 2000 was a golden era for Limerick with local athletes involved in every Games except for 1996. Jim Hogan born in Athlacca, was the first of this group and he ran in the 10,000m and the marathon for Ireland in Tokyo 1964 and then ran for Great Britain in Mexico four years later in 1968. Two former pupils of St Munchin’s College, once a famed athletic nursery, Niall O’Shaughnessy of Adare and Neil Cusack ran in Montreal in 1972, with Cusack running again four years later in 1976 in the famous Munich Games competing in the marathon. Mick O’Shea from Clare Street was the sole Limerick athlete in the 5000m in Moscow 1980. Frank O’Mara, another student of St Munchin’s College - and Limerick’s greatest Olympian of modern times, competed in the next three Olympic Games in Barcelona 1984 in the 1500m, Seoul 1988 in the 5000m and Los Angeles in 1992 also in the 5000m. Barbara Johnson of Rathkeale also competed in Seoul in 1988 in the 400m hurdles. Finally in Sydney in 2000, Limerick again had two athletes competing Rosemary Ryan in the 5000m and Tom Comyns in the 4x100m relay.Thanks to the dedicated work of a new generation of local coaches in clubs like Limerick AC, Dooneen AC and Emerald AC, track and field athletics is making a strong return in popularity around Limerick. The upsurge in recreational running has also provided an opportunity to promote running, get athletics into local schools as an attractive sport option, increase local athletic club membership and improve public health levels.Supported by Shannon Development, Limerick Corporation and the County Council a further aim of this initiative is to develop a series of Olympic trails around the city and county. Kevin O’Connor of Limerick European City of Sport explained that “each trail will be named after a Limerick Olympic legends to encourage running especially among younger children and in schools. Limerick is fortunate to have a potential network of top class running trails and with clear branding and strong promotion it will be a major boost for the sport locally”The concept has been received very well by Athletics Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland. City of Sport status has provided a significant positive boost to the image and the economy of Limerick building on the success of Rugby, GAA, Soccer and the facilities at the University of Limerick, Ireland’s premier sports campus. Associating these trails with the Limerick’s most famous Olympians of the modern era is a strong reminder of our rich athletic Olympic heritage. Several athletes were members of Ireland’s oldest athletic club – Limerick AC founded in 1877, although one of Ireland’s most eminent sports historians Ronnie Long, has uncovered new evidence that it may have been founded as early as 1873. Saturday night next will see a large gathering of Ireland’s leading athletic lights from past and present descent on the Clarion Hotel to honour some of Ireland’s greatest Olympic athletes. Prepared by Kevin O’ConnorLimerick City of Sport
Picture: Don Moloney / Press 22