1194 – St Mary’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Limerick
Construction on St. Mary’s Cathedral started in the 12th century, and was completed around 1194.
Construction on St. Mary’s Cathedral started in the 12th century, and was completed around 1194.
King John’s Castle, on the south side of Thomond Bridge head,
Thomondgate was part of the “Northern” Liberties granted to Limerick in 1216.
Medieval bridge with housing, demolished in the 1820s. During the demolition a significant archaeological object was found in the foundations of the old bridge –
The Limerick City Exchange was built in 1673, close to St.
Formerly the home of the Protestant bishop of Limerick, this is a fine house with central door,
Limerick was still a fortified city when John Pardon and Edmund Sexton started work on the building of New Square,
The Custom House was designed by Italian architect Daviso de Arcort better known as Davis Ducart.
In 1773 the Limerick county and city Grand Juries came together with a budget of 500 pounds to build a poorhouse on land donated by the local Bishop.
In the second volume of his Original Designs in Architecture,