We had a visitor from San Francisco via couchsurfing.com and I offered to do a little tour of Limerick. I was pleasantly surprised, but also disappointed. In short, Limerick has a few attractions that I have never heard of, but they are only open weekdays or by appointment!

The tourist office sells tourist maps for €1.50 but I found the map from the Limerick Civic Trust to be more informative (and free) which lists

• King John’s Castle; 10.30-4.30 (Nov-Mar), 9.30-5.30 (Apr-Oct)
• The Hunt Museum; Mon-Sat 10-5 and (currently) free on Sundays 2-5
• St. Mary’s Cathedral; Mon-Sat 9.30-4.30 (May-Nov), Sat 9-1 (Dec-May)
• The Georgian House & Garden; Mon-Fri 9-4.30, weekends by appointment
• The Bishop’s Palace; Mon-Fri10-1 and 2-4.30
• Limerick Masonic Centre by appointment
• Limerick City Museum; free Tue-Sat 10-1 and 2.15-5
• Limerick City Gallery of Art; Mon to Fri 10-6, Thu 10-7, Sat 10-1, Sun 2-5
• St. John’s Cathedral; 8-6.30
• The Belltable Arts Centre;9.30-5.30

left out of that leaflet are things such as

• The Treaty Stone
• Bunratty Castle (in Clare)

I was also surprised to be greeted by Street Ambassadors as we left King John’s Castle, who provided us with a list of concerts that were on as part of the MBNA Shannon International Music Festival.

Maybe Limerick has more culture than I first thought.