People's Park & Limerick City Gallery of Art
Gailearaí Ealaíne Chathair Luimnigh
A city park in a Georgian neighborhood. The gallery on its edge offers free admission to modern and contemporary Irish art.
The People's Park lies on Georgian-style Pery Square and is the main park in central Limerick. It features a Victorian cast-iron drinking fountain and a commemorative column. The surrounding red-brick terraced houses form the most complete stretch of Georgian architecture in the city. At one corner of the park stands the Limerick City Gallery of Art (opened in 1936), which holds Irish paintings from the 18th century to the present. It has a permanent collection and contemporary exhibitions. Entry is free, and the gallery is small enough to see in half an hour. Right across from the park is the Frank McCourt Museum, which you can easily visit on the way.
Opening hours
Gallery Mon–Sat approx. 10:00–17:30, Sun 12:00–17:30; park open during daytime
Nearby sights
- Frank McCourt Museum
- The Milk Market
- The Hunt Museum
- Treaty Stone & Thomond Bridge
- St Mary's Cathedral
- King John's Castle
- St John's Cathedral
- Thomond Park