{"id":12232,"date":"2025-11-26T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:58:50","slug":"limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Short set of pictures from a work trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Limerick\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Limerick\">Limerick<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QuaysideLimerick-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Quayside, Limerick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" data-id=\"12235\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick-1536x1063.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LivingBridgeLimerick-2048x1417.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" data-id=\"12234\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StMarysLimerick-2048x1452.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">(L) The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Living_Bridge\">Living Bridge<\/a>&#8221; over the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Shannon\">River Shannon<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Limerick\">University of Limerick<\/a> campus. (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Limerick\">St. Mary&#8217;s Cathedral<\/a> (Church of Ireland). The church is in the old &#8220;Englishtown&#8221; area of Limerick, as opposed to the &#8220;Irishtown&#8221; inhabited by the native Irish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"12237\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastle-2048x1404.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" data-id=\"12236\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LimerickCastleView-2048x1404.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Views (L) of and (R) from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_John%27s_Castle_(Limerick)\">King John&#8217;s Castle<\/a>. Having thought of John as a Bad King who lost the crown jewels and had to concede the Magna Carta to the barons, it was a surprise to see that he also had a more striking legacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short set of pictures from a work trip to Limerick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe-other","category-places","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}