limerick/galway?

LoganRice

im wondering which place is bigger in size (not population). can someone give me an answer from experience in both places?

munstergirl

Limerick City is definately bigger than Galway City centre.

But Galway seems bigger if you include surrounding areas, limerick more squashed together.

Also looking at google maps Galway wins!

I know a few people from Galway who think Limerick is way bigger, don't see it.

kilburn

Limerick is actually bigger believe it or not

dave 27

Limericks urban footprint is far greater than galways, i love galway and been there countless times but looking at both you have

Galway: city centre is based on medievel town, very small and compact, max 5 mins from terryland (outskirts), main suburbs are also very small as boundary is very big, this includes oranmore village and salthill which are reasonably small in size.

Limerick: city centre is far greater in size, wider streets, bigger buildings, bigger distance covered. Limerick suburbs are much bigger which include Caherdavin (7000+), dooradoyle/raheen (25,000+), Castletroy(32,000+), then if you want to include areas like meelick, ardnacrusha, westbury, shannon banks etc all of which are natural expansions of the city into clare, i suppose its why galways population is 72,000 and Limericks is 100,000+ pending on how far you go out

LoganRice

aww i see. ive never been to galway before, so i was just wondering.

dave 27

LoganRice wrote: »

aww i see. ive never been to galway before, so i was just wondering.

thats why Limerick has a bigger population too..its like asking which has a bigger covered area..dublin or cork..well dublin cos it has a bigger population..maybe not as the same scale as galway and limerick but still..i think you'll understand if you actually visited galway! :rolleyes: