Sunday, January 9, 2011

Urban Times

1693     The quaint old pub in the graveyard came to be some years after a gateway in  
              the newly erected wall surrounding St. Johns churchyard in 1693.
“Johannes Murray, had he been wise, would have kept his money to pay his excise”

1751     The L-shaped houses in St. Johns Square were built. This was Limericks first taste of fashionable urban architecture, consisting of two L-Shaped blocks of houses built in local limestone.  The development cost €630, designed by architect Francis Bandana.   John Pardon, Edmond Sexton started work on the building of New Square, now known as St. Johns Square.
1763     In 1763 the church underwent extensive repairs, but despite these repairs the           .            church was in a sad state.
1852     In 1851 it was decided that the church should be rebuilt and in 1852 the present  
              church was built.

1919-1923  Civil War in Limerick 
1971     corner of Pennywell Street and New Road
1990     Holy Ground pub under structural development
2007     The Unthank Crypt restored
2010/2011     Present day

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