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The Jurys Inn Limerick, set in the heart of the city, along the banks of the Shannon, is just a short stroll from the main shopping and cultural centres. The hotel provides an excellent base from which to explore many scenic delights in County Limerick and County Clare. Facilities include the Arches Restaurant and The Inn Pub whilst all the bedrooms are of modern design and comfortable. Take the train to Limerick rail station and spend a few days at the Jurys Inn and discover some of the historic sites in Limerick City and out in the nearby countryside.
About Limerick: Limerick is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Ireland. The city lies on the River Shannon, with three main crossing points near the city centre and has a 2006 population of 91,000 inhabitants within the Limerick urban area and is one of the constituent cities of the Cork - Limerick - Galway corridor with a population of 1 million people. Luimneach (Irish for Limerick) originally referred to the general area along the banks of the Shannon Estuary, which was known as Loch Luimnigh. The earliest settlement in the city Inis Sibhtonn was the original name in the annals for King's Island during the pre-Viking and Viking eras. This island was also called Inis an Ghaill Duibh. The city itself dates from at least the Viking settlement in 812. The Normans re-designed the city in the 12th century and added much of the most notable architecture, such as King John's Castle and St Mary's Cathedral. During the civil wars of the 17th century, the city played a pivotal role, besieged by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 and twice by the Williamites in the 1690s. Limerick grew rich through trade in the late 18th century, but the Act of Union in 1800, and the famine caused a crippling economic decline broken only by the so-called Celtic Tiger in the 1990s. The Waterford and Limerick Railway linked the city to the Dublin - Cork main line in 1848 and to Waterford in 1853. The opening of a number of secondary railways in the 1850s and 1860s developed Limerick as a regional centre of communications.
This hotel is sometimes used by our walking and cycling tours.
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