Lovely Limerick (City &/or Co)

Ireland's answer to Detroit, Limerick gets a bad rap (no pun intended), but don't let its nickname (Stab City) turn you off. Limerick has a lot to offer by way of oddball attractions!

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What you might see

☘Photo opps at Effin, Meanus, Kilmacat, Hospital & Kilmacowplacenames made for signs
☘One of the quirkiest collections in Ireland – in 1 man's gardendecades of hoarded oddities
☘The Rubberbandits' hometownbirthplace of the plastic-bag-masked comedy duo
☘A horse outsidethe local tradition the song was built on
☘A High Nelly homea workshop restoring old upright Irish bicycles
☘Roller Derbyfull-contact skating on a flat track
☘Quirky street artgable-end murals scattered through the city
☘God Podstiny roadside prayer booths for one
☘A flying-boat museumwhere transatlantic seaplanes once landed on the Shannon
☘Afternoon tea in a converted conventscones served where nuns once slept