Where Ireland’s Ancient East meets the Wild Atlantic West – Limerick truly is the Istanbul of Ireland!
marquess_rostrevor on
It’s to the east of Inishbofin.
milkyway556 on
Any county that’s not on the Wild Atlantic Way is in Ireland’s Ancient East.
LucyVialli on
It never got included in the WWW, and the “Munster Vales” thing didn’t take off. Gotta go somewhere!
TheDirtyBollox on
Its east, from Kerry… were the healy-rae’s involved in these signs?
I-Sort-Glass on
This is why Limerick has so many gang wars. It’s simultaneously East and West Coast.
AfroF0x on
The fact that Limerick isn’t on the Wild Atlantic Way is a pisstake. We recently elected a Mayor & nowhere was it raised that all the Wild Atlantic tourist revenue skips right over our county. I live on the Limerick/ Kerry border & pass 4 wonderful small villages along the coast on the way home, towns that are in decline & would benefit hugely from seasonal footfall.
KatarnsBeard on
Tipperary is part of Ireland Ancient East as well despite being firmly in the middle, although it is east of the Wild Atlantic Way I suppose
noewos on
It was ancient east before West was invented, everywhere was east until the others joined the party,
External-Chemical-71 on
East Atlantic Ocean.
Acceptable_Feed7004 on
How else do you explain all the samurai swords appearing around the housing estates?
sheppi9 on
The number of flat caps
Bruhllux on
As far as I know it’s lumped in with the East due to it’s financial status. Historically it’s also had closer ties to Cork and the Pale than western Ireland, going from a Norse settlement, to a Norman one, eventually evolving to an English one.
Still ridiculous that it’s not on the Wild Atlantic Way tho
Gingerbread_Cat on
New York and Boston are the west of Ireland.
demonspawns_ghost on
Ireland used to be much larger than it is today. At some point, half the country broke off and fell into the Atlantic. So what was once “Ireland’s Ancient East” is now the wesht.
Crunchy-Leaf on
Anything can be East if you go far enough West
FluffyDiscipline on
Ah they finally moved it…
Did ya not know instead of building new houses we’re moving the counties closer to Dublin…
sure it’s only a stones throw away now
dropthecoin on
Limerick isn’t listed on the Ireland Ancient East website as an included county. It’s not listed on the Wikipedia page either for Ireland’s Ancient East.
ShapeyFiend on
What few tourist attractions you have are east of the Shannon?
Limerick generally has never really made a concerted effort to court tourists. The place hasn’t got a hostel or anywhere for coach tours to pull in for some munch.
ProfileOutside1485 on
The wrong criteria.
halibfrisk on
It’s a small enough country you can simultaneously be in the N S E & W 🤷♀️
Dookwithanegg on
Irelands Ancient East is a tourism marketing concept to compliment the Wild Atlantic Way.
Basically anything not in the Wild Atlantic Way is the Ancient East.
Some places on the border, like Cork and Limerick, get to be both.
clevelandohio on
There was a sign for years near Cashel that said ‘Welcome to the sunny south east’, always made me giggle.
cambria334 on
I’m blaming Kerry for this, I have no evidence but fuck it why not
HenryofSkalitz1 on
Imposter! The only true “Ancient East” county is Loch Garman! Exemplar Hibernia.
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Mostly East of the Shannon
Where Ireland’s Ancient East meets the Wild Atlantic West – Limerick truly is the Istanbul of Ireland!
It’s to the east of Inishbofin.
Any county that’s not on the Wild Atlantic Way is in Ireland’s Ancient East.
It never got included in the WWW, and the “Munster Vales” thing didn’t take off. Gotta go somewhere!
Its east, from Kerry… were the healy-rae’s involved in these signs?
This is why Limerick has so many gang wars. It’s simultaneously East and West Coast.
The fact that Limerick isn’t on the Wild Atlantic Way is a pisstake. We recently elected a Mayor & nowhere was it raised that all the Wild Atlantic tourist revenue skips right over our county. I live on the Limerick/ Kerry border & pass 4 wonderful small villages along the coast on the way home, towns that are in decline & would benefit hugely from seasonal footfall.
Tipperary is part of Ireland Ancient East as well despite being firmly in the middle, although it is east of the Wild Atlantic Way I suppose
It was ancient east before West was invented, everywhere was east until the others joined the party,
East Atlantic Ocean.
How else do you explain all the samurai swords appearing around the housing estates?
The number of flat caps
As far as I know it’s lumped in with the East due to it’s financial status. Historically it’s also had closer ties to Cork and the Pale than western Ireland, going from a Norse settlement, to a Norman one, eventually evolving to an English one.
Still ridiculous that it’s not on the Wild Atlantic Way tho
New York and Boston are the west of Ireland.
Ireland used to be much larger than it is today. At some point, half the country broke off and fell into the Atlantic. So what was once “Ireland’s Ancient East” is now the wesht.
Anything can be East if you go far enough West
Ah they finally moved it…
Did ya not know instead of building new houses we’re moving the counties closer to Dublin…
sure it’s only a stones throw away now
Limerick isn’t listed on the Ireland Ancient East website as an included county. It’s not listed on the Wikipedia page either for Ireland’s Ancient East.
What few tourist attractions you have are east of the Shannon?
Limerick generally has never really made a concerted effort to court tourists. The place hasn’t got a hostel or anywhere for coach tours to pull in for some munch.
The wrong criteria.
It’s a small enough country you can simultaneously be in the N S E & W 🤷♀️
Irelands Ancient East is a tourism marketing concept to compliment the Wild Atlantic Way.
Basically anything not in the Wild Atlantic Way is the Ancient East.
Some places on the border, like Cork and Limerick, get to be both.
There was a sign for years near Cashel that said ‘Welcome to the sunny south east’, always made me giggle.
I’m blaming Kerry for this, I have no evidence but fuck it why not
Imposter! The only true “Ancient East” county is Loch Garman! Exemplar Hibernia.
Yes it is. The Limerick county.
https://wicklowuplands.ie/irelands-ancient-east-a-wander-through-time/