Dooradoyle

Dooradoyle is a suburb of Limerick City. It is situated to the south west of the city centre on the R526 road with the area now bypassed by the M20 motorway to the south. There is a wide selection of residential, commercial and retail premises. It is one of the city's newer suburbs and is home to the campus of University Hospital Limerick and the Crescent Shopping Centre – Ireland's largest shopping centre outside of Dublin. There is also a cinema in the area as well as a selection of shops, bars, restaurants and gyms. There is a Catholic Church as well as a Mosque and a meeting hall of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The main primary school serving the area is St Paul's NS, though students in some estates in Dooradoyle are zoned to St Nessan's NS in nearby Mungret. The area is also home to St Gabriel's School, a special needs school, and Gaelscoil an Ráithín, an Irish-medium school. There is also a secondary school in the area called Crescent College. Regional Utd is the local football club while the home ground of Garryowen RFC is located in Dooradoyle.