Dooradoyle is a suburb of Limerick city

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

 which is in County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 built after the 1960s which remain in the Limerick County Council

Limerick County Council

Limerick County Council is the local authority which is responsible for County Limerick in Ireland. The Council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The head of the council has the title of...

 administrative area. Dooradoyle is in the Parish of St Paul, (City Parish) in the Diocese of Limerick. St Paul's was formerly part of the parish of Mungret/Raheen

Raheen

Raheen is a suburban district of southwestern Limerick City, Ireland. It houses the headquarters of the Mid-Western Region of the Health Service Executive so that a multitude of essential health services catering for the population of the region are dispensed from this suburban...

/Crecora

Crecora

Crecora is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately from Limerick city.With a population of around four hundred people, the village has a shop, church, school, stone yard, garden centre, GAA pitch and post office, although no pub....

 and was created in 1971.

In Irish, Dooradoyle is “Tuar an Daill”, which means “The Bleach-Green of the blind man”.

Dooradoyle is a rapidly-growing, and predominantly middle-class suburb of Limerick, Ireland. Several attempts have been made by the Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council is the local authority which is responsible for the city of Limerick in Ireland. It is the responsible for local government, sanitation, motor vehicles tax, and social housing.-History:...

 to expand this area of control to include Castletroy

Castletroy

Castletroy is a rapidly growing and predominantly middle-class suburb of Limerick, Ireland and is the largest suburb in Munster. Its population is estimated at 40,000 as of 2010....

 / Raheen

Raheen

Raheen is a suburban district of southwestern Limerick City, Ireland. It houses the headquarters of the Mid-Western Region of the Health Service Executive so that a multitude of essential health services catering for the population of the region are dispensed from this suburban...

, which is currently administered by Limerick County Council. It is located South west of Limerick City on the old N20 road, Now called the St Nessan Road. It is the Home of the New County Hall Building which is next to the Crescent Shopping Centre. It holds Limerick largest Cinema with 12 screens, the Omniplex. It is next to the biggest shopping centre.

Services

The County Motor Tax office (Lissanalta House)

The county Library headquarters (Lissanalta House) .

Crescent Shopping Centre.

Omniplex Cinema

Dooradoyle Leisure Centre

Education

Primary

Scoil Phoil Naofa

St Gabriel's N S

St Paul N S

Secondary

Crescent College

Crescent College

Crescent College Comprehensive SJ is a secondary school located on a section of 40 acres of parkland at Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland. The college is one of a number of Jesuit schools in Ireland.- History :...