Mount
Trenchard in Co. SLIGO
Limerick OFFALY
Mount Trenchard accommodation centre is located just outside Foynes. Limerick County is located in the West of Ireland. This centre houses single males. COUNTY LIMERICK
Centre Managers: Raja Anjum & Andrius Gronskis Community Welfare Officer: Gerry Meehan
Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland LOCAL SERVICES
PUBLIC SERVICES
Social Welfare Citizen’s Information Service Intreo Centre, Dominick Street, Limerick Riverstone House, Ground floor, Henry Street, Phone: 061212200 Limerick, V94 3T28 Phone: 0761075780 Foynes Garda Station Ballynacragga North, Foynes, Co. Limerick Phone: 06965122
VOLUNTEERING AND EDUCATION
Limerick Volunteer Centre Limerick and Clare Education and 40, The Tait Business Centre, Training Board Dominic St, Limerick Marshal House, Dooradoyle Rd, Phone: 0877387481 Limerick, V94 HAC4 Phone: 061442100 Limerick City Library The Granary, Michael St, Limerick Foynes Library Phone: 061407510 Main St, Ballynacragga North, Foynes, Co. Limerick Phone: 06965365
SUPPORT GROUPS
Jesuit Refugee Service Doras Luimní: Legal Aid Della Strada, Dooradoyle, Limerick 51 O’Connell St, Limerick Phone: 061480922 Phone: 061310328 Email: [email protected] GOSHH: LGBT Support Legal Queries: [email protected] Redwood Place, 18 Davis Street, Limerick, V94 K377 Women’s Organisation Phone: 061314354 Northside Family Resource Centre Clonconnane Road, Ballynanty, Co. Limerick Confidential Helpline:061316661 Phone: 061326623 National LGBT Support Line 1890 929 539 CHILD AND FAMILY
Northside Family Resource Centre Southill Family Resource Centre Clonconnane Road, Ballynanty, Co. Limerick 268 Avondale Court, Co. Limerick Phone: 061326623 Phone: 061440250 For information on schools in the area visit: www.education.ie/en/find-a-school
SPORTS CLUBS
Old Christians GAA Club Ballynanty Rovers FC Rathbane, Co. Limerick 91 Inis Mor, Fr. Russell Rd, Limerick Phone: 061214636 Phone: 0858003934 St Francis Boxing Club Old Francis Street, Limerick Phone: 0877833110
FURTHER RESOURCES www.limericksports.ie/ http://limericktidytown.com/ https://www.limerick.ie/council Foynes, Co. Limerick
Foynes is a major port located in the midwest of Ireland on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, land-based planes lacked sufficient flying range for Atlantic crossings; therefore, seaplanes would stop on the eastern shore of Foynes before crossing the Atlantic. As a result, Foynes became one of the biggest civilian airports in Europe during World War II.
Limerick is located at the head of the Shannon Estuary where the river widens before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 94,192, Limerick is the third most populous urban centre in Ireland. The county colours of Limerick are green and white, and the county has a strong hurling tradition. Sports teams from the county are often referred to as ‘the Shannonsiders.’
Limerick was establishment by the Vikings as a walled city on King’s Island (an island in the River Shannon) in 812. A great castle was built on the orders of King John in 1200. It was besieged three times in the 17th century, resulting in the famous Treaty of Limerick and the flight of the defeated Catholic leaders abroad. Much of the city was built during the following Georgian prosperity, which ended abruptly with the Act of Union in 1800. Today the city flourishes with a growing multicultural population.
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