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Car Hire Limerick City

Limerick City is the capital of the Shannon Region. Limerick city has a colourful and fascinating history with Castles, ancient walls and museums testament to its past. Its City Charter is older than that of London’s. In The 1800s Limerick city, among other things saw the construction of St. John’s Cathedral which took over 3 years to complete. Thoughout the late 1800s and much of the early and middle 20th century, Limerick went through some difficult periods, times which have been described so famously in Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes. Once Limerick opened the University of Limerick, the first university established since the independence, it marked a change in the fortunes of Limerick. Many multinational companies were attracted to Limerick city with Dell Computers being the biggest.

In the 21st century Limerick city is a busy and progressive which is also a seat of learning, housing the 8000 students of the University of Limerick.