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decided that the council needed larger premises; the site they selected at Merchant's Quay had been occupied by an old gaol which dated from 1789. The complex had ceased to be used for custodial purposes in the 19th century and had served as Geary's Biscuit Factory since the 1920s. Most of the old
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City Hall was commissioned to replace the Commercial Buildings in Patrick Street which dated from 1805 and had served as the town hall from 1847. In the mid-1980s, the council leaders at
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and installed on the Riverside Walk outside City Hall in 1991. The scuplture was intended to commemorate local families that were forced to flee the city to France in the "
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A fountain entitled the "Fountain of Heritage", incorporating a sculpture of wild geese by the American sculptor, William H. Turner, was paid for by the people of
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In January 2018, a book of condolence was opened at City Hall, following the death of locally-born singer
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buildings were demolished in 1988, although the surviving façade of the old gaol, designed by
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City and County municipal buildings in the Republic of Ireland
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City Hall is located in Ireland
Modern style
Limerick
Ireland
Coordinates
52°40′07″N 8°37′29″W / 52.6685°N 8.6247°W / 52.6685; -8.6247
Irish
Limerick
Limerick City and County Council
Limerick Corporation
John Nash
Dublin
Modern style
River Shannon
pavilions
Spokane, Washington
Flight of the Wild Geese
Siege of Limerick
Jacobite
Patrick Sarsfield
Dolores O'Riordan
"Commercial Buildings, Patrick Street, Limerick Municipal Borough"
"The 19th Century Town Hall, Limerick City Architectural Guide"
"Glimpses of Old Limerick"
"William Blackburn"
"Image Change For Limerick"
"Former County Court House and Gaol, Merchant's Quay, Limerick"
"Gaol façade in Limerick is a rare link to the Regency architect James Nash"
"Limerick Civic Offices, Limerick"

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