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Athlunkard Street, Limerick

Athlunkard Street is a street on King's Island, in Limerick city, Ireland. The Irish name Áth Longphuirt, meaning "ford of the longphort," refers to a 9th-century Viking longphort once located at that ford over the Shannon. Athlunkard Street stretches from the Abbey River, at the O'Dwyer Bridge to the intersection with Mary Street and Nicholas Street. The street was founded on 26 April 1824.

Points of interest
• Athlunkard Boat Club, established 1898. • Bourke's House, constructed in 1690. • O'Dwyer Bridge, constructed in 1931. • St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which opened in 1932 on the site of an older chapel of the same name. It is the parish church for St. Mary's Parish, which was established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in A.D.1111. ==References==
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