Limerick

King John’s Castle, St Mary’s Cathedral and the University of Limerick are some of this city’s top attractions. Limerick was Ireland’s first national City of Culture in 2014 and has a lively and active arts scene. And, in case you’re wondering, there’s no connection between the city and the famous five-line poem we call a limerick – a form made popular by English writer Edward Lear in the mid 1800s.