Athlunkard Street, Limerick Explained
| Athlunkard Street |
| Namesake: | Athlunkard |
| Length M: | 450 |
| Location: | King's Island, Limerick, Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 52.6687°N -8.6211°W |
| Direction A: | west |
| Terminus A: | Mary Street, Nicholas Street, Bridge Street |
| Direction B: | east |
| Terminus B: | Corbally Roundabout |
| Known For: | Bourke’s House |
Athlunkard Street (Irish: Sráid Áth Longphuirt) is a street on King's Island, in Limerick city, Ireland. The Irish name Áth Longphuirt, meaning "ford of the longphort," refers to a 9th-century Viking longphort (defended ship encampment) once located at that ford over the Shannon.[1] Athlunkard Street stretches from the Abbey River, at the O'Dwyer Bridge to the intersection with Mary Street and Nicholas Street. The street was founded on 26 April 1824.[2]
The Arthlunkard name continues over O'Dwyer Bridge with Athlunkard Avenue in Corbally, and the Athlunkard Bridge in Corbally, across the River Shannon from the townland of Athlunkard, County Clare.
Points of interest
- Athlunkard Boat Club, established 1898.[3]
- Bourke's House, constructed in 1690.
- O'Dwyer Bridge, constructed in 1931.[4]
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which opened in 1932[5] on the site of an older chapel of the same name. It is the parish church for St. Mary's Parish, which was established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in A.D.1111.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Kelly. Eamonn P.. O’Donovan. Edmond. Winter 1998. A Viking longphort near Athlunkard, Co. Clare. Archaeology Ireland. 12. 4. 13–16.
- News: Rabbitts . Nick . Anniversary of Limerick city street to be marked with series of events . 18 April 2024 . Limerick Leader . 18 April 2024.
- http://homepage.eircom.net/~dslmeehan/sites/www.athlunkard.com/abcindex.html History of Athlunkard Boat Club
- http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21508018 Buildings of Ireland: O'Dwyer's Bridge
- http://limerickslife.com/churches/#stmaryrc St. Mary’s Church, RC
- Web site: St. Mary’s Parish . 2013-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930141259/http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/StMarys.htm . 2013-09-30 . dead .
