Limerick, Ireland Travel Blogs

Driving
Oct 22, 2005 (7 photos)

... a look around an old castle and found a dead pidgeon. I then spent the entire weekend convincing Adrian that he had to write me a limerick, as we had been to Limerick. At the very end he came up with something that involved my eyes being as big as pies. ...

Wandering in Ireland
Jun 25, 2004 (7 photos)

Limerick, a.k.a Stab City! Another driving trip in Ireland. My car in the UK is a Peugeot 206 2L GTI, my hire car this week was also a 206, but a 1.6L slug...but then Irish roads don't really lend themselves to acceleration! There is not a lot for ...

Irish folklore essay on the Merry Wake
May 3, 2007

... merry wake tradition served substantially as a means of resistance for the peasant class to the control of the church in Ireland, although a discussion of other possible meanings has been included. Works Cited Bourke, A. (1993) 'More in anger than ...

A little of the daily grind
Apr 12, 2007

... me a great deal more. I chose, from a list, to write about three of the main regional styles of music in Ireland, including references to musicians and instruments. It was a good motivator to actually learn about some of the trad music in Ireland, and I ...

Limerick and a free hotel room
Mar 18, 2009 (9 photos)

... us at all. The boys came up for a drink and we ended up sitting around chatting till about 1.30am, before eventually heading to Limerick town. We were so late there wasn't many options of where to go. We went into a bar with a few different levels and I ...

The Irish Know how to Party :)
Aug 17, 2008

... and found a lot of different burials which show it appears to have been used over a lot of different periods. Back at Limerick decided to have a wander before dinner. Tried to find the old milk market and viking wall but seemed to stumble into a slightly ...

St. Paddy's Day and the Trad Festival
Mar 26, 2007 (36 photos)

... 11:30 to see the parade. When we arrived, a huge crowd was piled in to O'Connell Street (the main street in Limerick town center). Soon, the parade progressed by our location. There were displays from the military, many pipe and drum ensembles, a marching ...

HOME!!!!
Dec 19, 2007

I'm gonna be sooooo cold!!!

LIMERICK (Dingle Peninsula)
May 8, 2009

We flew into Shannon on Sunday and drove to Limerick in Ireland. We hired a FIAT car to explore Ireland via driving. We got there very late and could not find anywhere to eat. We ended up driving like half an hour to get midnight Macca's (or McDonalds if ...

Moving in, orientation week, and week 1 of classes
Feb 16, 2007

... international students like myself, and enjoyed some of the clubs and bars around town. Most notably, we joined the University of Limerick Ultimate Frisbee Club for a night at a bar and a nightclub (which you can see in the pictures linked to above). That ...

The Irish Adventures of Seamus
Sep 6, 2008

...  America (they've seen more of the States than we have!).    Today we said goodbye to Louise and are in Limerick at an Internet cafe.  We plan to tour Bunratty Castle (if it's not too expensive).  We've realized the ...

Music Class Performance, SW Design Project, etc
May 12, 2007 (15 photos)

... to allow users to find products in foreign cities, e.g. a study abroad student looking for a place to buy Jiffy peanut butter in Limerick, Ireland [check out the entire report in pdf format in this post's photo album]). It took a long time to create, but ...

Week 1 of classes, for real this time
Feb 17, 2007

... to the weekend. We're planning on going to a concert at Dolan's Pub, one of the more popular and traditional pubs around Limerick, on Saturday. Then, on Sunday, we'll go rock climbing on the coast of the Burren with the Outdoor Pursuits Club. Very exciting ...

Tralee, Adare, Limerick and Bunratty
Sep 17, 2007 (14 photos)

... , had a final walk around and then decided that we couldn't be bothered to return to the campsite but would continue towards Limerick instead, so that we would be there early the following day.  This plan was excellent apart from the fact that we didn ...

(Almost) Climbing Carrauntoohil and RAG Week
Mar 16, 2007 (15 photos)

... Last Sunday, Philip (my German roommate), Dorien (a Dutch friend of ours), Dorien's friend Iris, and I joined the University of Limerick (UL) Outdoor Pursuits Club (OPC) on a trip to climb Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland at 1038 m (3425 ft / ...

Traditional Irish Music Essay
Apr 27, 2007

... has remained sheltered from commercial tourism pressures due to its perceived remoteness and, no doubt, its proximity to Northern Ireland" (1997, p.71).     Some of the better known players of the region are Néillidh Boyle; James Byrne; ...

Where we begin...
May 20, 2007 (24 photos)

We begin our adventure in Limerick, Ireland...(home of Frank McCourt..'Angela's Ashes'). After almost missing my flight because of gridlock traffic on the Jersey Turnpike (arrived 1 hour before an international flight...45 min is the cut off, and had to ...

An unexpected awakening
Sep 19, 2009 (7 photos)

Today we went to the Cliffs of Moher which was spectacular. We took lots of pictures and walked a good amount as there were stairs and paths to get to it. We could hear the waves crashing as they hit the rock walls about 300 feet below. We talked about ...

Limerick Annacotty Social Tour - Part Deux
Jun 24, 2006 (14 photos)

The Limerick Annacotty Social and Scenic Tour (LASST) 2006 Part Deux was organised as kind of a going away party for Sinead and I. This was following on from the sucessful first venture - 12 or so pubs and one drink in each, mighty craic! As can be seen ...

Limerick
Jul 29, 1990

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Planning my EuroTrip
May 6, 2007

... France, Holland, Hungary, Greece, and Germany, and I'll also visit my English relatives. It all starts out when I fly out of Shannon, Ireland to Paris on the night of June 12th. Philip will meet me there, and we'll visit our friends Anne and Lise while ...

Limerick
Sep 18, 2008

This was a nice enough hotel to stay in, but Limerick is by far the most boring place we have visitted. Looking forward to Paris.

Limerick Castle
Apr 7, 2007 (4 photos)

Had a quick stop in Limerick to see the Limerick Castle took a couple of photo's then got back on the road to Galway.

On our way to Limerick
May 13, 2006 (1 photos)

... Irish woollens and souvenirs and picked up a couple of things. Once again, we were looking for a place to sleep. Without a good map of Limerick, we ended up flailing a bit, but by 7pm, we had secured our rooms for the night at a B&B on the outskirts of ...

Ballina and Killaloe
Sep 15, 2009 (1 photos)

We left Oola and drove through Tipperary again towards Nenagh – lots of back roads and a general feeling of uncertainty, because there were few signposts. After many detours and false starts we arrived in Nenagh around 5.00 and drove around looking ...

There once was a city named Limerick...
May 28, 2009

Story to come

Dingle to Limerick
Apr 1, 2007

Dingle to Limerick

Limerick to Galway
Jan 4, 2009 (1 photos)

Cork to Limerick and Cliffs of Moher Then onto Galway overnight

sucks
Oct 12, 2006

what the hell kind of shit is it when you take a night bus to somewhere and when you arrive at the bus station, the station is closed??!!! It's closed, its raining, its cold, I've gotta piss, I'm tired, thirsty, hungry and I have to pay 35euro to get to ...

Cliffs of Moor
Sep 7, 2006

Outstanding! Just as gorgeous as all of the photos. The black slate cliffs plunging into the ocean.