Ireland Limerick

Limerick is located in the Mid-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. In early medieval times Limerick was at the centre of the Kingdom of Thomond which corresponds to the present day Mid West Region. The city is the setting for Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes. Riverfest is an annual summer festival held in Limerick. The 2014 festival was held 2 to 5 May and had a record 80,000 visitors.

Adare is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. The ancient town lies upon the eastern bank of the Maigue near a crossing point in the region known as Ardshanbally. Historically a market town, in the Middle Ages, Adare was a major settlement and boasted three monasteries and a castle (Desmond Castle). The main street combines typical Irish architecture with the English styled buildings and infrastructure purpose-built for the Dunraven estate