Caherdavin

Caherdavin is a suburb of Limerick City. It is located west of the city centre and includes a selection of residential and commercial premises. Local landmarks include the Moylish campus of the Limerick Institute of Technology, a third level college and research centre, the Jetland Shopping Centre, Caherdavin Church with adjoining primary boys' and girls' schools (Scoil Chríost Rí and Mary Queen of Ireland respectively) and there is also St Nessan's Community College in the nearby Woodview estate. Both the Gaelic Grounds and Thomond Park are nearby. There are a number of hotels, shops and pubs in the area, as well as a credit union. The district includes the townlands of Ballygrennan, Clonmacken, Caherdavin, Clonconane, Clondrinagh, Coonagh, Knock and Shannabummy. 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. There is Caherdavin Lawn, Caherdavin Park, and Caherdavin Heights. Na Piarsaigh are the local GAA team while the Limerick Scout Group are also based here along with a ballet school and youth club. The airport is well connected to the city centre by bus route while Shannon Airport is 20km away.