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Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Limerick City attractions

1. Hunt Museum

0.02 MILES

Although named for its benefactors, this museum, opened in 1997, is also a treasure hunt. Visitors are encouraged to open drawers and poke around the…

2. St Mary's Cathedral

0.15 MILES

Limerick's ancient cathedral was founded in 1168 by Donal Mór O'Brien, king of Munster. Parts of the 12th-century Romanesque western doorway, nave and…

3. King John's Castle

0.26 MILES

An obdurate and brooding Norman mass looming over the River Shannon, Limerick's showpiece castle, with its vast curtain walls and towers, was built on the…

4. Bishop's Palace

0.3 MILES

The 18th-century Bishop’s Palace was once home to the city's Protestant bishops, and now houses the offices of Limerick Civic Trust, a conservation body…

5. Toll House

0.3 MILES

Crenellated Gothic-style folly next to Thomond Bridge, dating to the 1840s.

6. Treaty Stone

0.31 MILES

The Treaty Stone marks the spot on the west bank of the River Shannon where the Treaty of Limerick was signed in 1691, guaranteeing religious freedom for…

7. Limerick City Gallery of Art

0.53 MILES

Limerick's art gallery adjoins the peaceful People's Park in the heart of Georgian Limerick. Among its permanent collection of paintings from the last 300…

8. People's Park

0.57 MILES

This lovely wooded park in Pery Sq at the heart of Georgian Limerick is an excellent place for collapsing onto the grass with a chunky novel when the sun…