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'Caherdavin' (''Pop:6,613 (2002)'') is a suburban district in the northern environs of Limerick City in the mid-west of Ireland. Local landmarks include the Moylish campus of the Limerick Institute of Technology, a third level college and research center, the Jetland Shopping Centre which opened in 2005, Caherdavin Church, built in 1985, with adjoining primary boys and girls schools (Scoil Chríost Rí and Caherdavin Girls' School respectively) and St. Nessans Community College.

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History

Organisation

Clubs

Transport

External links

History

The site of Caherdavin was developed for housing in the 1960s and has grown rapidly since then. Industry is confined to the Clondrinagh Industrial Estate which houses mainly traditional style workshop units. The other form of employment in the area is the Services industry eg hotel, shops, doctors surgery. In 2005 the large Jetland Shopping Centre opened, providing new retail space and a 24 hour Dunnes Stores supermarket. Ivans shop is at Caherdavin Cross. The Bank of Ireland has a branch beside Melvin Grove.

Organisation

The district includes the townlands of Ballygrennan, Clonmacken, Caherdavin, Clonconane, Clondrinagh, Coonagh, Knock and Shannabolly. To the south and west is the River Shannon whilst to the east is the boundary with the Limerick City Borough and to the north is the boundary with County Clare. An important feature of the area is that it is broken up into four sub-districts by the Clonmacken road, the Ennis road and the Cratloe road. The many sub-districts are Coonagh, South Caherdavin, Central Caherdavin, North Caherdavin, East Caherdavin.

Clubs

The 23rd Limerick Scout Group has its hall beside the primary schools and has been actively operating in the community for over 30 years. The Community Centre houses a branch of the LCC library. The Irish Girl Guides are active. The Padraig Pearce GAA clubhouse and grounds is at Caherdavin Lawn. Along with Crowley School of Ballet and tap The Caherdavin & District Credit Union is at Redgate. The local church hosts three choirs- The Senior Choir (Which performs at 1030 Sunday Mass), the Folk Choir (Which performs at 12 Noon Sunday mass, and many other functions) And the Taize Choir (Performs at 1930 Saturday Mass). The Caherdavin Youth Club, which is one of Limerick's longest running, operates from the Community Centre.

Transport

Roads run over the three Shannon bridges from the city center through Caherdavin in the direction of Shannon Airport, Ennis and Galway. Many of the districts residents work in the industrial parks of Raheen and Castletroy, adding to traffic problems at rush hour. Several public bus routes are provided by Bus Éireann, Ireland's national bus operator, but as there are very few bus lanes, these must compete with private traffic. Bus Éireann officials have complained that the round trip on the LIT-UL (about 14km) route can take up to 2 hours. Bus lanes were introduced on the Ennis Road during the summer of 2007, though the effects of these remain to be seen. A new tunnel project west of the city is hoped to relieve the situation. The Coonagh airfield, a few kilometers west of Caherdavin, provides access for small aircraft. Larger commercial aircraft use Shannon International Airport, 20km west.

External links

★ Christ the King, Caherdavin Church

★ Limerick Institute of Technology

★ Limerick County Council Caherdavin Planning Review (pdf) and update (pdf)

★ History of Coonagh airfield