placenamesDooradoyle
Tuar an Daill
A regional hospital, a long-established rugby ground and the Crescent shopping centre mark Dooradoyle’s twentieth-century development.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Tuar an Daill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dooradoyle · English · main form
Place & story
The regional hospital
Limerick Regional Hospital was built on a greenfield site in Dooradoyle during the early 1950s. Architect Patrick J. Sheahan designed the hospital, with construction undertaken by Murphy and Brothers of Cork. It opened in 1955 and later became University Hospital Limerick. The original project included accommodation for nurses as well as patients. [2]
Garryowen’s home
Garryowen Football Club moved from the Market’s Field to Dooradoyle in 1958. More recently, volunteers created the Blue Mile walking route at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the grounds’ role as a neighbourhood resource beyond rugby. [3]
The Crescent
The Crescent Shopping Centre opened in Dooradoyle in 1973. Its later development brought retail, restaurants and a cinema together on the site. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Pubblebrien
- Civil parish
- Mungret
- Coordinates
- 52.64000, -8.64681
- Logainm ID
- 1414037 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dooradoyle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- If Walls Could Talk: Regional Hospital Limerick was just what the doctor ordered, 28 September 2024 · Paul O’Brien
- Garryowen Football Club: Our History and Our Future · Garryowen Football Club
- Crescent Shopping Centre: property portfolio · Clancourt
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-10-08. How this page was prepared.