Castletroy
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Castletroy Caladh an Treoigh
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 Castletroy
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| Coordinates: 52°40′01″N 8°33′11″W / 52.66704°N 8.55297°WCoordinates: 52°40′01″N 8°33′11″W / 52.66704°N 8.55297°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| City | Limerick |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,000 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R 625 574 |
Castletroy (Irish: Caladh an Treoigh) is a suburb of Limerick, Ireland and is the largest suburb in Munster.
Historically, the district was entirely separate to Limerick, and consisted of little development aside from the villages of Annacotty and Monaleen. With the creation of the University of Limerick, as well as the growth of Limerick city itself, this began to change. Castletroy is one of the fastest-growing residential areas in Ireland and has now engulfed the old villages of Annacotty and Monaleen (Móin a lín - field of flax).
Castletroy includes three primary schools Milford NS, Monaleen NS and a Gaelscoil (Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh), the secondary school, Castletroy College, and a number of hotels including the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel and Castletroy Park Hotel. It is also host to both Milford and Monaleen GAA Clubs.
The population of Castletroy (including Annacotty, Monaleen and the University of Limerick) is now around 40,000 people, with a sizable student population. Castletroy Golf Course is well known and divides Monaleen and Castletroy itself. Kilbane, Castletroy Heights, Monaleen Heights and Monaleen Park were the original housing developments and were once surrounded by farmland. These houses are the oldest.
Recent developments include numerous sprawling housing estates, with much of the new development concentrated near Castletroy College. The Castletroy Shopping Centre extends to some 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) and is located off Dublin road at Kilmurray roundabout adjacent to the Briarfield estate. It includes a SuperValu supermarket and 24 mall shops, McDonald's restaurant and an eight-screen Odeon cinema. Lidl have recently opened a branch in Castletroy. A local park has also been built including a children's playground and skatepark. The National Technology Park is home to some major business in Castletroy such as 'Vistakon', a contact lens division of Johnson & Johnson and Viagogo an online ticket marketplace for buying and selling tickets to live events. More recently Chicago based financial institution Northern Trust has expended in Castletroy's Hamilton House 2 and opened a new office in City East Plaza also in Castletroy.
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