Limerick; Wednesday, 29 July, 2009

I headed out from the hotel in the direction of the waterfront as a quick look at the map showed that most of the attractions that the city had to offer were on the river. After a quick detour via the Tourist information centre to get some postcards, I wandered over to the Hunt Museum.

Having looked round the museum I was about to walk round to the castle when I stumbled across the well-hidden and not publicised (no flyers or notices in the tourist information centre) open-top-tour of the city. I did a circuit on that, having to dive for cover part way round as the skies opened (becoming a feature of this trip!).

I then continued my walk taking in St Mary’s (Church of Ireland) Cathedral before moving down to the main site of the city, King Johns Castle.

In the end, with a combination of lots to see, and dodging between buildings to avoid sharp showers, I spent nearly all the afternoon in there, coming out of the castle just in time to avoid the next shower by hopping on the last tour bus of the afternoon.

I quickly detoured up to the bus station to buy my ticket for the following morning before wandering back to the hotel for dinner and an early night.