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Regional rating (NIAH)

1890–1910

Address: 23 O'Connell Street, Limerick
Type: Shop / retail outlet
NIAH reg. no.: 21512056

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Regional rating (NIAH)

Leonards

23 O'Connell Street, Limerick, Limerick City Centre

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 189 rated Regional in Limerick City Centre

SShop / retail outletBBuilt 1890–1910

DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

About

About Leonards

Leonards is one of 189 buildings in Limerick City Centre the National Inventory rates Regional. Leonards dates from 1890–1910. 177 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

A modest sized street-fronted building distinguished by a rare example of a vitrolite shopfront, with Art Deco detailing, and parapet name plaque, which give architectural variation to this historic streetscape. This detailing, both externally and internally, are intact and are kept in an impeccable condition.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21512056 · 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 · 21512056↗

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

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Limerick City Centre · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies

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Farther afield

Saint Michael's Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 m James GleesonRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Ulster BankRegional rating (NIAH)300 m Ormston HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 m McKerns Printing WorksRegional rating (NIAH)300 m The Bishop's PalaceRegional rating (NIAH)300 m

Around it

26 within 150 m

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

RegShop, 22 O'Connell Street, Limerick5 m RegFergusons10 m RegSaint Augustine's Priory12 m RegShop, 58-59 Thomas Street, Limerick13 m RegSaint Augustine's Catholic Church39 m RegGranary, 53 Thomas Street, Augustinian Lane, Limerick46 m RegGrand Central Cinema74 m RegHouse, 113 O'Connell Street, Shannon Street, Limerick78 m RegOutbuilding, 114 O'Connell Street, Limerick80 m RegACC Bank81 m RegOffice, 11-12 Bedford Row, Limerick86 m RegShop, 9 Roches Street, Limerick94 m RegHouse, 34 O'Connell Street, Roches Street, Limerick98 m RegHouse, 112 O'Connell Street, Shannon Street, Limerick101 m RegThe Old Maternity Hospital111 m RegPost box, Roches Street, Catherine Street, Limerick119 m RegShop, Sarsfield Street, O'Connell Street, Limerick121 m RegHouse, 2-3 Little Catherine Street, Limerick Lane, Limerick123 m

Show the other 8

RegStore, Henry Street, Shannon Street, Limerick126 m RegPost box, O'Connell Street, Limerick134 m RegDepartment store, 7-9 William Street, Limerick137 m RegBank, 7 Sarsfield Street, Henry Street, Limerick141 m RegHouse, 40-41 O'Connell Street, Limerick141 m RegHouse, 62 William Street, Little Catherine Street, Limerick141 m RegFriary, Henry Street, Bedford Row, Limerick144 m RegHouse, 18 Thomas Street, Limerick145 m

Questions about Leonards

Is Leonards on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 21512056).

Can you visit Leonards?

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

When was Leonards built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.

Is Leonards 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). 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).