Re: Re: Limerick Boat Club ~ Wellesley Pier ~ Poor Man’s Kilkee ~ Sarsfield Bridge

11th October 2006
@mopeds wrote:

I read recently that Limerick Boat club is to close. The building is to be knocked to make way for another Apartment Block. Is no old building in Limerick safe anymore.

This is such a beautiful area what a shame to have another glass block of a building in the way

11th October 2006
@Limerick Guy wrote:

I think the apartment idea is bullshít, doesnt seem possible, but boat club is closing down, they never paid their license.

13th October 2006
@billy the squid wrote:

@mopeds wrote:

I read recently that Limerick Boat club is to close. The building is to be knocked to make way for another Apartment Block. Is no old building in Limerick safe anymore.

This is such a beautiful area what a shame to have another glass block of a building in the way

From City Council

Dear Sir,

The premises you mention is a protected structure in the Limerick City Development Plan. Limerick City Council have received no proposal, formal or otherwise, for the development of the site.

17th November 2006
@justnotbothered wrote:

City revamp on way

Marie Hobbins

“Pedestrianisation of the quays is worth investigating with an open mind,” said Cllr Ryan who adds: “our river is our biggest asset and we should be looking at extending areas of the quays out on to the river and imaginatively developing them,” he said.

Cllr O’Hanlon urged a rethink on the quays and the potential they present to develop the city’s riverscape into a “beautiful city landmark area.” He said it is his understanding that a new City Library to replace the existing building on Michael Street will be built on Poor Man’s Kilkee, but this could not be confirmed at time of gong to press as city librarian, Dolores Doyle, was not available for comment.

City Council’s director of services, Pat Dromey, told the councillors that the Council “will take another look at the quays” and that a full report will be provided in early spring.

The architect, Nicholas de Jong, who is overseeing the city centre renewal programme, was not available for comment

20th November 2006
@CologneMike wrote:

Limerick Boat Club / Poor Man’s Kilkee

The rumour mill rumbles on! If given the option of a new library on “Poor Man’s Kilkee” or sitting blissfully illiterate on a bench there enjoying what ever the river Shannon has to offer, I would chose the latter every time!
Would the nearby closed Franciscan Church on Lower Henry / Bedford Row not be an ideal re-location for the City library?

See Mary Immaculate College may Acquire Franciscan Church: http://newswire99.blogspot.com/2006/07/mary-immaculate-college-may-acquire.html

Photo’s from
http://www.limerickcity.ie
http://www.riversidecity.ie/

22nd December 2006
@CologneMike wrote:

Multi-million plan for Limerick Boat Club (Limerick Leader)

By AINE FITZGERALD

http://www.limerickleader.ie/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3419&ArticleID=1942270

AN AMBITIOUS multi-million euro development plan to transform the Limerick Boat Club into a state-of-the-art facility has been revealed this week.

Proposals for the facility off Sarsfield Bridge are to coincide with Limerick city’s regeneration programme and the ‘riverside city‘ development and include a museum, coffee shops, tourist information services, facilities for the theatre and the arts as well as a new pedestrian bridge linking the facility to Harvey’s Quay and up onto the newly pedestrianised Bedford Row. “Our objective is to take advantage of the current riverside city programme to improve our facilities, while at the same time securing the future of Limerick Boat Club on Sarsfield Bridge and thereby promoting the sport of rowing in Limerick for generations to come,” said Dermot Moloney, president, Limerick Boat Club. Limerick Boat Club, or the Boat Club as it is affectionately known, has a proud tradition of boating on Wellesley Pier on Sarsfield Bridge since 1870-making it one of Limerick’s oldest sporting clubs. Working closely with Limerick City Hall, the new development will be a joint initiative between Limerick Boat Club and a leading Limerick based development company, Fordmount Property Group the developers behind the Riverpoint building and the multi-million euro complex on the site of the old Savoy cinema. “The facility is not going to be a Riverpoint or a Clarion. It is not going to be enormous. What we are aiming to achieve is a building which is sensitive to its surroundings, that is tastefully done and that will enchance the riverside city development,” explained Michael Daly, Developer, Fordmount Property Group. At Limerick Boat Club’s 136th Annual General Meeting last month, detailed proposals were presented to the general membership and it was unanimously agreed that the proposed development should be submitted to the planning process with the assistance of the various parties involved. The architects engaged in the development are led by a former oarsman from Queens University Rowing Club and have a wealth of experience in similar ambitious urban design projects. “If we can get the support of the city and all those interested in promoting the sport of rowing in the city, it is hoped that plans could be submitted in the spring of 2007 and with a fair wind at our back, we would hope to be rowing out of the new, fully functional, state-of-the-art facility in the latter half of 2008,” said Mr Moloney.
21 December 2006

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