Dooradoyle
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Dooradoyle Tuar an Daill
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 Dooradoyle
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| Coordinates: 52°38′26″N 8°38′46″W / 52.640590°N 8.646111°WCoordinates: 52°38′26″N 8°38′46″W / 52.640590°N 8.646111°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| City | Limerick |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16,000 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R550540 |
Dooradoyle (Irish: Tuar an Dáill) is a large suburb of Limerick, Ireland. It is one of Limerick's newer suburbs, and is home to the campus of University Hospital Limerick and the Crescent Shopping Centre. The demographics of the area are varied, ranging from council housing to more settled, lower middle class estates.
The name Dooradoyle (Irish: Tuar an Dáill) means "Bleach-green of the blind man". A bleach-green was a stretch of grass set aside for the drying and bleaching of linen.
It is part of the Ecclesiastical parish of St Paul in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. St Paul's was created in 1971, having formerly been part of the parish of Mungret - Raheen - Crecora, though some parts of Dooradoyle remain in that parish.
Until June 2014, Dooradoyle was the site of the administrative offices of Limerick County Council. Since the merger of Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council these offices have become civic offices for the merged Limerick City and County Council. Several attempts were made by Limerick City Council to expand its area of control to include Castletroy, Raheen, and Dooradoyle: all until recently administered by Limerick County Council. Since the merger of the authorities the district has become part of the Limerick Metropolitan district which enlarged the city area to include the large suburban districts such as Dooradoyle.
Dooradoyle is located in the south west area of Limerick City on the R526 road (formerly the main N20 route), also called St Nessan's Road. The suburb is now bypassed by the M20 motorway to the south. The earliest developments in the area began in the 1960s, and Dooradoyle has experienced rapid growth since. The area was founded in the early 1800s by a man originally from Cork named Tuar Dáill which was anglicised to Dooradoyle.
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