Qualla: University of Limerick https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/g/university-of-limerick-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: University of Limerick https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick University of Limerick: Introduction https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick/ Photo credit Photograph Tobias Helfrich, March 27th, 2004. Modified by Pumbaa, 09:09, 7 April 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0. Until 1989, no new university had been chartered in the Irish state since the founding of the country itself in 1922. Then the Oireachtas passed the University of Limerick Act and a college that had begun in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education suddenly had degree-granting status of its own. The University of Limerick was, and remains, the first university established in independent Ireland.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/g/university-of-limerick-wp/gc3g-university-of-limerick-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full University of Limerick: The Plassey Site https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick/ Photo credit Lukemcurley, CC BY 3.0. The campus sits at Plassey, five kilometers east of Limerick city centre in the Castletroy suburb, on a stretch of the River Shannon where the water broadens before bending toward the estuary. The 1972 Physical Education building came first; the 1974 Main Building followed; over ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/g/university-of-limerick-wp/gc3g-university-of-limerick-the-plassey-site.mp3 0:06 2 full University of Limerick: Music, Sculpture, and the Concert Hall https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick/ Photo credit Lukemcurley Lukemcurley at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The University Concert Hall opened in 1993 as Ireland's first purpose-built concert venue. A thousand seats, decent acoustics, and a willingness to host everything from the Irish Chamber Orchestra to touring rock acts have made it a cornerstone of Limerick's cultural life. The Ir...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/g/university-of-limerick-wp/gc3g-university-of-limerick-music-sculpture-and-the-concert-hall.mp3 0:06 3 full University of Limerick: Olympic Pools and Living Bridges https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick/ Photo credit Lukemcurley, CC BY 3.0. The University Arena opened in 2002 and was, on the day it opened, Ireland's largest indoor sports complex. The 50-meter swimming pool inside is Olympic standard - the first such pool in the country. The 3,600-square-meter indoor sports hall has four wooden courts, a sprint track...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/g/university-of-limerick-wp/gc3g-university-of-limerick-olympic-pools-and-living-bridges.mp3 0:06 4 full University of Limerick: Villages and Castletroy https://qualla.com/university-of-limerick/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Sean an Scuab assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. Unlike most Irish universities, UL houses much of its student population on campus, in six "villages" - Plassey (1987), Kilmurry (1994), Dromroe (2001), Thomond (2004), Cappavilla (2006), and the postgraduate-only Quigley. Around the campus, Castletroy has effectively become a st...

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