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Limerick, Ireland in 8-Hours: Castles, Cathedrals & Cranberries

Chris+Melissa
2023 ж. 23 Там.
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Explore Limerick, Ireland in 8-Hours: Join us on our exciting return to Limerick, a charming town we're eager to discover further. In this adventure-packed video, we delve into historical sites, captivating stories, and unexpected activities. From King John's Castle to centuries-old steel blades, we uncover hidden gems at every turn. Discover the intriguing history of Limerick as we tour through exhibits that span over 800 years. Join us as we explore, learn, and immerse ourselves in this vibrant Irish town. Stay tuned for captivating insights, fun surprises, and the joy of experiencing Limerick's rich culture in just a day!
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  • Want our list of where to go + stay in Limerick? Here's our list of the top 5 from our video: chrisplusmelissa.com/limerick-ireland-in-24-hours-what-to-see-where-to-stay/

    @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa26 күн бұрын

  • Thank you for this video. I was an American exchange student from New Jersey attending the University of Limerick in 1991. King John's Castle was just opened after renovation that October and St. Mary's was undergoing renovations. I was there for the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Limerick.

    @MrHappy4870@MrHappy487012 күн бұрын

  • You are such a sweet couple. I was born and raised in Thomondgate Limerick. I left when I married my English husband over 42 years ago now. My walk home from school would take me by King Johns Castle, which at that time was open to anyone, and I would often climb the steep stairs to get a view of the Shannon river. My family history is connected to both sides of that river, ie, English Town and Irish town. On one side you may have come across St. Munchins Catholic Church and just across the river on the other side is St. Mary’s Protestant Church. My father was baptised in both of these churches!

    @christinejoy3030@christinejoy30304 күн бұрын

  • We celebrated the signing of that treaty in 1991 ,300 years great year that was,thanks for visiting limerick, try to get to thomond park for a munster rugby match

    @conradryan1654@conradryan16542 ай бұрын

  • You folks are naturals at what you do and you are a beautiful couple.

    @TimOCarroll-xt7dm@TimOCarroll-xt7dmАй бұрын

    • Thanks. :)

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissaАй бұрын

  • I live 20 minutes from Limerick and you have seen more than I have, I now have a list. Good choice a lovely pin of Smithwick's and it looked pretty good. Great video really nicely presented.

    @stevenoels2757@stevenoels27576 ай бұрын

  • My dad's from Limerick, would love to travel to Ireland 🙏🇮🇪

    @brianamccarthy98@brianamccarthy987 ай бұрын

    • It's a very awesome country in our opinion.

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa7 ай бұрын

  • Brilliant Video. Glad you enjoyed our City

    @andrewobrien835@andrewobrien835Ай бұрын

  • Best thing about Limerick is the pubs because a lot of them are sort of untouched and haven't been excessively themed for tourists. That area around King Johns Castle is a little bit spicey but very authentic. Other positives would be that it has an excellent art college and there's a lot of good contemporary local music gigs and exhibits on.

    @ShapeyFiend@ShapeyFiend4 ай бұрын

  • Welcome back Chris & Melissa🎉

    @tiddlywinks456@tiddlywinks4569 ай бұрын

  • Fabulous tour of Limerick! Thanks again for the fun information ❤️🧳

    @carminfrancisco9512@carminfrancisco95128 ай бұрын

  • Welcome back, missing the rain

    @outsulation@outsulation9 ай бұрын

  • Hi guys, Nice to see you back in Ireland. We did Ireland in April, we visit King John’s castle on trip, but so much more on offer then we had, but we still had a ball. Loved the activities on offer when we visited, even if just a sample. We had lunch at Katie Dalys pub. Great video guys

    @SapphireBlueTravelExplores@SapphireBlueTravelExplores9 ай бұрын

  • Hi Guys I’m Irish but have learnt so much from your videos , stuff I never knew !! Enjoy Limerick

    @declanburke2703@declanburke27039 ай бұрын

    • Hi there! Thank you. :)

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • Hope you enjoyed limerick, you passed my house , I started watching the channel few days ago you guys make great videos 😊

    @eoinobrien2806@eoinobrien28069 ай бұрын

    • Awesome! Thank you!

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa8 ай бұрын

  • Do do do do...Dolores! You guys rock...In a funny way!😉

    @tamaramadelin4831@tamaramadelin48319 ай бұрын

    • Thanks :)

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

    • God Bless Delores! She and the Cranberries were the best. My favorite was “Dreams” but I treat all her songs like priceless treasures. You lads are the most soulful couple on KZhead. Do, Do, Do, Do, Do………

      @furnacefighter@furnacefighter8 ай бұрын

  • Hey guys. Happy to see you back!

    @JannJohnstone@JannJohnstone9 ай бұрын

  • Welcome back to the auld sod! 🍀

    @louisefitzsimons1060@louisefitzsimons10609 ай бұрын

  • That guy on the lute was crazy good. I could listen to him for ages! Great to see Limerick featured, it often gets overlooked by visitors for Galway and Killarney. Definitely check out Limerick hurling next time your around, theyre all Ireland champions 4 years running. Limerick is also home to Munster rugby, one of the 4 provincial Irish teams that play in the international United Rugby Championship (who are also the 2023 champions, beating the Stormers in the final in Cape Town!) Theres also a newly opened rugby museum worth checking out in the city center.

    @yermanoffthetelly@yermanoffthetelly9 ай бұрын

    • Oooh ... thank you for the info and tips... we'd also love to check out Rugby too!

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • Wow my hometown 😁

    @theblackmaskss@theblackmaskss9 ай бұрын

  • Holy cow! U guys rock, man 😉 💯👍 loved watching your visit 2 Limerick city. So funny, so cool, so interesting. And ye showed off everything so beautifully, a huge fan here now, guys 💯😁👋🤜

    @ericfreeman273@ericfreeman2739 ай бұрын

    • Thanks! 😃

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • My ancestor, William Patrick McCarthy, emigrated from Limerick, Ireland in the 1840s due to the Great Hunger

    @willylumpnj@willylumpnj9 ай бұрын

  • The doors from st Mary's are believed to be the doors from the O'Brien's the original palace... Very ornate Roman style if you look close

    @sc1837@sc18374 ай бұрын

  • Highly recommend Souths Pub if you get a chance to get there

    @clevejason@clevejason9 ай бұрын

  • What did St Patrick say to the snakes as he drove them out of Ireland? "Are yes all right there in the back"

    @louiswhelan8410@louiswhelan84108 ай бұрын

  • Bunratty Castle and Beside it Dirtynellys Pub - well worth a visit

    @declanburke2703@declanburke27039 ай бұрын

    • I remember seeing the Bunratty Castle signs... perhaps next time!

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

    • In County Clare by the way. Limerick stop poaching our historic sites! Just like Galway poaching the Cliffs and the Burren.😮

      @ChristineKelly1000@ChristineKelly100016 күн бұрын

  • YES another round in Ireland!!!! Please tell me there will be some bakeries in there as pitstops. I loved my time in Ireland and as soon as I was on the plane headed home I wanted to plan my next trip. Next time I want to focus on the east coast around Galway through the southwest corner as well as include another trip out to the islands to stay the night on Inis Mor or Inis Meain.

    @DLFH@DLFH9 ай бұрын

    • Galway is on the WEST coast. Dublin on the east coast.😊❤

      @ChristineKelly1000@ChristineKelly100016 күн бұрын

  • Im originally from Limerick and just came across ye on KZhead. Watching yer Limerick video makes me realise I haven't seen enough of it 😬and I grew up there. Ye seem like good craic and hope ye enjoyed Limerick 😁

    @Irishyoutubennis@Irishyoutubennis7 ай бұрын

    • Hi! Thank you for checking out our video. We quite enjoyed Limerick and intend to come back some day. Perhaps to see a Limerick Hurling match!

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa6 ай бұрын

  • My mother actually grew up in the castle. There used to be houses within the castle grounds up until the early 1990s. They called it the “castle barracks”. Nice to see you enjoyed Limerick. Great video ❤

    @Gerard_Hickey@Gerard_Hickey7 ай бұрын

    • That's amazing. Were they in the central courtyard area where the activities and games were in our video?

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa7 ай бұрын

    • @@chrisplusmelissayes they used to be there. Plus I can always say that my mother grew up in a castle & I wouldn’t be lying 😂! Great video 👍🏻 ☘️

      @Gerard_Hickey@Gerard_Hickey7 ай бұрын

  • Nice to see Limerick . I grew up in Limerick , 100% Limerick roots but now live in Kinsale , that you know well.

    @josephheffernan2259@josephheffernan22599 ай бұрын

    • Both cities are nice.

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • welcome back

    @gallowglass2630@gallowglass26309 ай бұрын

  • Correction st patrick didn't get rid of the snakes he put them in leinster house in dublin

    @gallowglass2630@gallowglass26309 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @tiddlywinks456@tiddlywinks4569 ай бұрын

  • I was 100% sure that @ 10:29 Melissa said that cannibals were fired at the church. I know things were kinda bad around those times but man, that was really crazy! The next sentence clarified it for me, I got the cannonballs thing loud and clear. Maybe I just need to get my hearing checked out😊

    @RaySpillane@RaySpillane9 ай бұрын

    • Hearing can be difficult sometimes. :D

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • Limerick city is known more for rugby but the countryside is hurling.Unfortunately the intercounty season is over since the middle of july and won't be starting again till january.Yes limerick is doing well they won the championship for the 4th year in succession and 5 in six years after a wait of 45 years.

    @gallowglass2630@gallowglass26309 ай бұрын

  • Some things told are thought in another way just like the writing with the stone. Like with King Arthur and pulling the sword out of a stone. The mistake that people make is that a sword was pulled out of a rock, and called it Excalibur. What really happened is that a sword was made of smelted metal poured into a stone mould. This is where the stone that the sword was taken from and it is normal that when you make something, you would give it a name.

    @columbannon9134@columbannon91349 ай бұрын

  • What time of the year was this video made?

    @mamaegg1@mamaegg1Ай бұрын

    • It was late July.

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissaАй бұрын

  • John's Castle is a strange kind of tourist trap that offers a distorted version of history about the castle, Limerick and Ireland. Its owners, Limerick City and County Council, should be ashamed. It provides no native Gaelic history, despite over 500 years of interactions between surrounding Gaelic kingdoms and castle "chiefs" up to the 16th century. It touches on Viking Limerick, but is mainly focused on Franco Norman history in Limerick. The castle history describes these Norman's as "English". Rubbish. They were French speaking Franco Normans with lands in France, Britain and Ireland. The castle should more accurately be called Jean Plantagenet's Castle or Château du Roi Jean Plantagenet. There was no "King John". Fun fact, Roi Jean died of an acute bout of dysentery while fighting over lands with Norman knights in the so-called "Revolt of the Barons" in 1210. After conquering and colonizing England in 1066, the Norman French divided in to dynasties to grab as much land as they could backed by money and troops from France. None of this history is offered at "John's Castle" in Limerick. One of the many strange observations on our visit was failing to notice a single member of staff who is Irish. Even in this video, the "castle characters" all seem to be from England. It would be a lot more historically factual if they were a blend of Gaelic and Norman French. This would be a true depiction of life at the "castle" in the 12th century. I'm definitely not blaming staff for Château du Jean's shortcomings. This is a blame shared by Limerick City and County Council, and before that the State owned Shannon Group that also operates Bunratty Castle. Both have conspired, intentionally or unintentionally, to distort Limerick's and Ireland's true history and present visitors with a poor nickel and dime substitute. As a result, visitors are being short- changed on historical accuracy and facts. The mind boggles just how Château du Jean's current and former owners could have gotten the historical part of the castles past so badly wrong. Were professional, competent historians not consulted? Or were they just ignored to suit a certain political narrative?

    @gerardodwyer5908@gerardodwyer59089 ай бұрын

    • I’m a Dub, but good to know, thanks for sharing 👍

      @tiddlywinks456@tiddlywinks4569 ай бұрын

    • They were told something about the brehon laws,but i understand what you are saying.The English lute was singing in middle english from the 14th century whereas apart from parts of the south east english was not spoken here in ireland at the time There is something i have noticed an idea that many tourists have that towerhouses are not real castles which they are most definitely as a castle is a fortified house and towerhouses are most definitely that.

      @gallowglass2630@gallowglass26309 ай бұрын

    • @@gallowglass2630 All true. Not sure if you have been to banquet night at Bunratty, but in terms of historical accuracy and authenticity, that is a mess too. The mind boggles.

      @gerardodwyer5908@gerardodwyer59089 ай бұрын

    • @@gerardodwyer5908 Seen videos of it,its more renaisance than medieval.Its a bit of craic but if its worth doing its worth doing right.

      @gallowglass2630@gallowglass26308 ай бұрын

  • Where will you be at the end of September?

    @fredkarenclark4551@fredkarenclark45519 ай бұрын

    • Porto!

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

    • Cool. Was in Lisbon with my wife in February. Even got sunburn there. We're both pale skinned Irish. We're off to southern Spain followed by a flying visit to Bologna, Italy in September. Will be interested to see your visit to Porto as its on our to do list. ☘️🙂

      @zipperzoey2041@zipperzoey20418 ай бұрын

  • Hello 👋 how are you

    @rumduolangkor448@rumduolangkor4489 ай бұрын

    • Good

      @chrisplusmelissa@chrisplusmelissa9 ай бұрын

  • Lads,ye could have went up the city center twas only a 5 minute walk

    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446@eringobreathtiocfaidharla14466 ай бұрын
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