I Love Limerick

neo2010

With all the doom and gloom slithering about, I thought it would be a great idea to start a thread about something you love about Limerick. Anything at all, even the homeless guy playing the accordion down by Cruises Street - such an inspiration.

Anyway everything's appreciated and remember the phrase 'I Love Limerick'. :pac:

Liam79

No offence Neo, and I mean no offence....

But this is like the 400th such post on here about the same thing......

Have a look thru the history, you will find loads of similar threads

Just ressurect one of them

Regards,

Liam

neo2010

I know, I know but the Limerick section is seriously depressing, seriously! I felt compelled to inject some happiness into the place. :pac:

Raiser

Isn't the issue of Homelessness and Homeless People out trying to eke a living while you head Home to drink beer and watch TV depressing more than inspiring?

Pushtrak

Something I love about Limerick? That should be easy... Hm... Er... Drawing a blank, actually.

campo

I love Limerick because, because I will think of something give me a second oh have it I love Limerick because it is not Dublin

Iang87

Match days in Thomond Park.
The optimism when our hurling team play anyone.
When you go out you always meet someone you haven't seen in ages.
Donkey Fords.

just 4 off the top of my head

Liam79

campo wrote: »

I love Limerick because, because I will think of something give me a second oh have it I love Limerick because it is not Dublin

How pathetic :rolleyes:

neo2010

LOL I don't think he is actually homeless. He seriously has recorded an album so he is my hero. But if he is genuinely homeless, then a revolution is beginning in our world.

First homeless people fulfilling dreams and recording albums, God even Tiger Woods staying faithful is possible. :pac:

campo

Liam79 wrote: »

How pathetic :rolleyes:

It was a joke I love Dublin too and Cork and Galway I even have a fondness for Offaly

A quiet one

neo2010 wrote: »

I know, I know but the Limerick section is seriously depressing, seriously! I felt compelled to inject some happiness into the place. :pac:

I appreciate your difficulty when even the roads out of it are such a mess.

neo2010

campo wrote: »

It was a joke I love Dublin too and Cork and Galway I even have a fondness for Offaly

OK Your stretching it with Offaly. A certain large politician hails from that cursed area. :pac:

v300

Limerick is a grand town !

neo2010

It's actually a city, albeit a small one.:D

zuroph

where have all you people come from?!

neo2010

A vagina my good sir. Maybe even you came from one. :pac:

campo

I was born and breed in Limerick City in a little Island on the northside of the City, Do you know what I love must about Limerick its the people in it
not the hoodies or the scubs but the normal decent people in Limerick as they would do anything for anyone

Raiser

campo wrote: »

I was born and breed in Limerick City in a little Island on the northside of the City, Do you know what I love must about Limerick its the people in it
not the hoodies or the scubs but the normal decent people in Limerick as they would do anything for anyone

Well if you are going to breed in Limerick City it must really help to love the People in it

neo2010

Raiser wrote: »

Well if you are going to breed in Limerick City it must really help to love the People in it

LMAO - Good one

grenache

Iang87 wrote: »

The optimism when our hurling team play anyone.

Taxi for Iang - i think someone's been listening to too much Declan Copues

Black Magic

neo2010 wrote: »

A vagina my good sir. Maybe even you came from one. :pac:

If they're a woman. Otherwise a penis.

mrs. ryan

On a more positive note - how about all the talented people Limerick has bred? Richard Harris, Terry wogan, Frank mcCourt, Paul O'Connell etc?

Black Magic

mrs. ryan wrote: »

On a more positive note - how about all the talented people Limerick has bred? Richard Harris, Terry wogan, Frank mcCourt, Paul O'Connell etc?

but we must never forget the negative people.

caspa307

i love thomas the little accordian player in thomas street but in fairness i do love the spirit of the limerick people (lived here 5 years born in england) on munster match days the way the community gathers together is great

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

caspa307 wrote: »

i love thomas the little accordian player in thomas street but in fairness i do love the spirit of the limerick people (lived here 5 years born in england) on munster match days the way the community gathers together is great

I'm doing a picture of him as part of a project on a "possitive Limerick", I dunno will it be my final work though, I'll see how it goes, have to get a picture first I haven't seen him in awhile

neo2010

Black Magic wrote: »

If they're a woman. Otherwise a penis.

Yes but when we're born we all come out of the same opening. :pac:

A quiet one

I met some bloke last evening who went to Limerick last Summer (09) and thought it was fantastic. Other than that, he's never been to Ireland.

I had to wonder: has something changed, in which case it would be next to a miracle.
Or what kind of misery had the poor guy grown up in that could possibly be even worse than Limerick.

Kess73

mrs. ryan wrote: »

On a more positive note - how about all the talented people Limerick has bred? Richard Harris, Terry wogan, Frank mcCourt, Paul O'Connell etc?

Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, not in Limerick.


But Steve Finnan was born in Limerick, and Richard D James (Aphex Twin) was born in Limerick as well.


Jimmy Carr, long thought to be London born of Limerick parents, muddied the waters a bit by saying on the Graham Norton show last month that he is actually Irish born in Limerick, so if there is truth to that we can claim him also.

Plus we have the Cranberries, with the exception of Steve DeMarchi, hailing from Limerick.

Iang87

grenache wrote: »

Taxi for Iang - i think someone's been listening to too much Declan Copues

thats what i'm on about that optimism. Even though we haven't a hope if we sent out 30 lads we still think ah sure we might

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Gerri May and your one from Six who's on the Den now, they're both from Limerick arn't they? And wasn't the band Zoo from here? he brought out a single with Poison on it. Sorry if I'm wrong there.

krudler

Kess73 wrote: »

Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, not in Limerick.


But Steve Finnan was born in Limerick, and Richard D James (Aphex Twin) was born in Limerick as well.


Jimmy Carr, long thought to be London born of Limerick parents, muddied the waters a bit by saying on the Graham Norton show last month that he is actually Irish born in Limerick, so if there is truth to that we can claim him also.

Plus we have the Cranberries, with the exception of Steve DeMarchi, hailing from Limerick.

Thats not something we should bring attention to though

Raiser

Sera wrote: »

Gerri May and your one from Six who's on the Den now, they're both from Limerick arn't they? And wasn't the band Zoo from here? he brought out a single with Poison on it. Sorry if I'm wrong there.

Years ago Gerri Maye was on the Den talking about the various events been run around the Country for "People in Need" and said "so I'll be heading down to Limerick on Friday for...."

Cue Zig and Zag cutting in and saying "Wow Gerri Maye is going to go to Limerick!!!! - Some People really are prepared to do anything if its for a good cause!!!"

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Raiser wrote: »

Years ago Gerri Maye was on the Den talking about the various events been run around the Country for "People in Need" and said "so I'll be heading down to Limerick on Friday for...."

Cue Zig and Zag cutting in and saying "Wow Gerri Maye is going to go to Limerick!!!! - Some People really are prepared to do anything if its for a good cause!!!"

Yeah but they're messers shure, even I think it's funny like

Stab*City

Fab*City

Mysterypunter

I lived in Limerick for 2 years. It is a lovely place and I should visit again. Also the people are very friendly and sound, the only thing is live 95 fm should stick to music and lost dog notices. Every morning they had a phone in asking what the rest of the country thinks of Limerick. I called up once and said they dont lie awake at night thinking of it. The chap thought I was taking the piss. There are a lot worse places.

neo2010

Limerick isn't a bad place at all, it's some of the people that's the problem.

panda100

Kess73 wrote: »

Jimmy Carr, long thought to be London born of Limerick parents, muddied the waters a bit by saying on the Graham Norton show last month that he is actually Irish born in Limerick, so if there is truth to that we can claim him also.
.

Jimmy Carr is Limerick through and through! Like myself Jimmy was born in London to Limerick parents and sepnt all his holidays back here. He claims his wit comes from his Irish heritage and he loves the times he spent in Limerick

I love Limerick for the sport and people!

RINO87

....summer mornings when your stumbling home over the shannon bridge, still half cut, and the river is so still its like glass, then you just stand there taking it all in!!


then you remember you still have a 20 minute walk to your bed!!!

Kess73

panda100 wrote: »

Jimmy Carr is Limerick through and through! Like myself Jimmy was born in London to Limerick parents and sepnt all his holidays back here. He claims his wit comes from his Irish heritage and he loves the times he spent in Limerick

I love Limerick for the sport and people!

Cheers for that, I had always thought that he was London born, like Andy Lee is, but he put doubt in my mind when he was on tv over the Xmas and said that he was Limerick born and not London born. He must have been on a wind up when he said the Limerick born bit as it was in a chat with Graham Norton, so there was some Limerick/Cork banter going.

I knew his parents and grandparents were from Limerick though.

RINO87

I thought the thing about the guy from aphex twin being from limerick was just an error on his wikipedia page. I think i remember one of my lectures in college saying him and has mates changed it for a laugh!!

that said limerick does still have its fair share of magicians when it comes to electronic music!!

Liam79

Kess73 wrote: »

Cheers for that, I had always thought that he was London born, like Andy Lee is, but he put doubt in my mind when he was on tv over the Xmas and said that he was Limerick born and not London born. He must have been on a wind up when he said the Limerick born bit as it was in a chat with Graham Norton, so there was some Limerick/Cork banter going.

I knew his parents and grandparents were from Limerick though.

Jimmy Carr was Limerick born, Hyde Rd

jocksandsocks

Sera wrote: »

Gerri May and your one from Six who's on the Den now, they're both from Limerick arn't they? And wasn't the band Zoo from here? he brought out a single with Poison on it. Sorry if I'm wrong there.

complete nobodies

talkingclock

if you have nothing else you cluth at straws...

Amazotheamazing

talkingclock wrote: »

if you have nothing else you cluth at straws...

Oh someday I know we'll escape this vicious little city, you and me babe, I know it...

talkingclock

sweetie, i already did. but for you i'm not sure...

Amazotheamazing

talkingclock wrote: »

sweetie, i already did. but for you i'm not sure...

You might have left it, but you haven't escaped it. If you had you wouldn't care about coming back to this forum. Me, I'm not bothered where i am, my happiness depends on me, not where I am.

jocksandsocks

i love limerick because of donkey fords,mickey martins and pery square!

talkingclock

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

You might have left it, but you haven't escaped it. If you had you wouldn't care about coming back to this forum.

That's true - it still haunts me....

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Me, I'm not bothered where i am

I'm not sure if this is something to be proud of.

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

my happiness depends on me, not where I am.

Good for you - so I'll leave you in your little, happy world.

Isn't that "I love Limerick" thing rather an act of defiance and 'now more then ever'?

Maruney

neo2010 wrote: »

I know, I know but the Limerick section is seriously depressing, seriously! I felt compelled to inject some happiness into the place. :pac:

Maybe because Limerick is seriously depressing?
The city is a kip and people dont seem to care enough to do anything about it so just watch it get even worse during this economic slump and struggle to gain any recovery.

Lapsed Catholic

Maruney wrote: »

Maybe because Limerick is seriously depressing?
The city is a kip and people dont seem to care enough to do anything about it so just watch it get even worse during this economic slump and struggle to gain any recovery.

I lived in London for 10 years and believe me there are parts of London that make our worst parts look like Wonderland. Where have you lived that makes Limerick so depressing incomparison? And I mean lived in, not a 6 month work or college stay.

Munstermad

Stop moaning!!!
Love Limerick or hate it just post something positive or shut up!
I love Limerick because it's where I was born and raised, I'm v proud of my City and my County, warts'n all....
Plus as far as I know we have a pub for every day of the year!!!!:D