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Regional rating (NIAH)
1895–1901
Address
South Circular Road, Prospect Avenue, Limerick
Type
College
NIAH reg. no.
21520002
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Mary Immaculate College

South Circular Road, Prospect Avenue, Limerick, Dock

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 298 rated Regional in Dock
CCollegeBBuilt 1895–1901
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About Mary Immaculate College

Mary Immaculate College is one of 298 buildings in Dock the National Inventory rates Regional. Mary Immaculate College dates from 1895–1901. 52 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Built to the designs of William Henry Byrne, the sheer scale of this college building is staggering. The cost of the college was £18,501 and further additions cost £3,750.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21520002 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21520002↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

In old photographs

1 old view of Mary Immaculate College

Made before 1950, from 1902: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland with no known copyright restrictions. Tap one to see it full screen.

Robert French, Training College, Limerick1902
Robert French, Training College, Limerick

From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; each credit is in the viewer.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Dock · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

3 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

More like it

More buildings on the record near Dock

The nearest is “Prison, Crosbie Row, Limerick” in Corbally and King's Island, 2 km away. All 2 are pictured and within 40 km. At the edge of the list, 13 km away: Adare Castle, Adare.

Questions about Mary Immaculate College

Is Mary Immaculate College on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 21520002).

Can you visit Mary Immaculate College?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Mary Immaculate College built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1895–1901.

Is Mary Immaculate College protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).