What to do in Limerick when it rains
Limerick keeps the rain at bay with its museums and galleries, its covered markets and its cafés — everything you need for an indoor day out.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- The Hunt Museum Hunt Museum, Rutland St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 EV8A, Ireland
- Limerick City Gallery of Art Carnegie Building, Pery Square, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 E67F, Ireland
- Limerick Museum Franciscan Friary, 111-112 Henry St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 VW2D, Ireland
- The People's Museum of Limerick 2 Pery Square, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 HF53, Ireland
- Parnell Plaza Entertainment Venue Parnell Plaza Entertainment Venue 41, 42,43 Parnell St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 X293, Ireland
- Lock Quay Bridge Unnamed Road, Monamuck, Limerick, Ireland
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- Limerick City Gallery of Art Carnegie Building, Pery Square, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 E67F, Ireland
- Ormston House, Cultural Resource Centre 9-10 Patrick St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 V089, Ireland
- The Framing Centre 15 Anne St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 NN93, Ireland
- STARLING 31 Nicholas St, Englishtown, Limerick, V94 W276, Ireland
- Local Art & Crafts Limerick 19 Nicholas St, Englishtown, Limerick, V94 A7X6, Ireland
- Annemarie Bourke Studio/Gallery 98 O'Connell St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 WK3R, Ireland
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- Treaty Stone Clancy's Strand, Deanery Land, Limerick, Ireland
- Tait’s Clock Dominic St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, Ireland
- The Strand Barracks 18A Clancy's Strand, Deanery Land, Limerick, V94 DRK7, Ireland
- Daniel O'Connell Monument The Crescent, Prior's-Land, Limerick, Ireland
- St Munchin’s Church Deanery Land, Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 HW54, Ireland
- Athlunkard Bridge Corbally Rd, Limerick, Ireland
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- The Milk Market Cornmarket Row, Irishtown, Limerick, V94 R602, Ireland
- Tesco Superstore Patrick St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 544E, Ireland
- Tesco Superstore Coonagh Cross, Ennis Rd, Clondrinagh, Limerick, V94 TW71, Ireland
- Tesco Superstore Crescent Shopping Centre, Dooradoyle, Limerick, V94 4T18, Ireland
- Tesco Superstore Roxboro Shopping Centre, Rathbane North, Limerick, V94 RY88, Ireland
- Wickham Way 11 Wickham St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 WR8N, Ireland
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- The Milk Market Cornmarket Row, Irishtown, Limerick, V94 R602, Ireland
- Arena 5 Building 4, Unit 1, Delta Retail Park, Ballysimon Rd, Crossagalla, Limerick, Ireland
- The SpitJack Limerick 6/7 Bedford Row, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 VY76, Ireland
- Bobby Byrne's Gastropub & Coffee Dock 1 - 3 O'Connell Ave, Ballinacurra (Bowman), Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 CD73, Ireland
- University Maternity Hospital Limerick Ennis Rd, Stonetown, Limerick, Co. Clare, V94 C566, Ireland
- Rift Coffee 30 Upper Mallow St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 EY22, Ireland
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Crescent Shopping Centre Dooradoyle Rd, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland
- Jetland Shopping Centre Ennis Rd, Caherdavin, Limerick, V94 KT57, Ireland
- Parkway Shopping Centre Dublin Rd, Singland, Limerick, V94 PC3K, Ireland
- Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre, Harvey's Quay, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 KHD6, Ireland
- Arthur's Quay Shopping Centre Patrick St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 XR79, Ireland
- Roxboro Shopping Centre Roxboro Road, Spital-Land, Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland
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