What is recorded here

Castle Park castle overshadowed the cluster, yet ordinary people crowded the road out of Limerick City while Red Gate watched from nearby. They likely farmed low pasture, raised children, buried their dead and forgot much of their own names. Houses and streets have since replaced that life, but the angle of the roads still preserves the shape of their choice.

On low-lying pasture, in the angle of Cratloe Road and Galtee Avenue. Site of Castle Park castle (LI005-010----) lies c. 1km to NE. Shown as a cluster of dwellings either side of the road out of Limerick City on the Down Survey barony map of the North Liberties (Hib. Reg.). The name Red Gate is depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map, c. 65m to NW and may be of some significance (O’ Rahilly 1998). A pit and a burnt spread were uncovered from this area during archaeological monitoring (License No. 98E0321) for a development in 1998 (ibid). Area is now occupied by Clonile and Shanrath housing estates. Archaeological test trenching (License No. 04E0851) and monitoring of a site directly on the opposite side of the Cratloe Road, proved negative for archaeology (Brewer February 2004; Dunne July 2004). See attached Google Earth orthoimage 02/07/2018 and Down Survey barony map showing cluster of dwellings. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 June 2020

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