Education
University of Limerick
The Limerick Strand Hotel is located just 15 minutes from the University of Limerick, located on a 80 hectare (200 acre) site in the 240 hectare (600 acre) National Technological Park at Castletroy. The university has in excess of 12,000 students and along with the other colleges in the city such as Mary Immaculate and LIT, makes Limerick a very vibrant student youth oriented city.
The University of Limerick (UL) was established in 1972 It is a young, energetic and an enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship.
The University of Limerick offers a range of programmes up to doctoral and postdoctoral levels in the disciplines of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Education and Health Sciences, Science and Engineering.
The University boasts outstanding recreational, cultural and sporting facilities further enhance this exceptional learning and working environment. Including the University Concert Hall, and UL Arena boasting Limericks only Olympic sized swimming pool.
The University of Limerick campus is located 5km from Limerick City and 20km from Shannon International Airport.
Mary Immaculate College
Mary Immaculate College affectionaly called Mary I is an autonomous third level College, academically linked to the University of Limerick, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Education, the Arts and Early Childhood Care and Education
The College is situated in the southern suburbs of Limerick City just 10 minutes from the Limerick Strand Hotel, the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland with a population of over 80,000. It is within ten minutes walking distance of Limerick city centre, the mail rail and bus terminus and a few miles from Shannon International airport. Limerick has a student population of almost 20,000 who contribute greatly to the vitality and cosmopolitan character
of Limerick city.
Here at the Limerick Strand Hotel we work very closely with the students and staff of the college welcoming events and over night guests throughout the year, preferred overnight accomodation rates are available to Mary Immaculate Staff & Students, please click here to view best available rates
Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, County Limerick. Tel: + 353 61 204300. Fax: +353 61 313632
Sports
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Arts
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Leisure
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Families
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Hen Parties
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Stag Parties
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