Summary
Moyross (Irish: Maigh Rois)[1] is a suburb and council estate in Limerick city in Ireland.[2] Moyross is located on the city's north side and is the largest housing estate in Limerick.[3]
Moyross
Maigh Rois | |
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Suburban area | |
 Housing in Moyross | |
  Moyross Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′52″N 8°38′49″W / 52.681°N 8.647°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| City | Limerick |
| Irish Grid Reference | R563590 |
The Roman Catholic parish of Moyross is one of 60 parishes in the Diocese of Limerick. As of the 2011 census, there were 2,183 people in Moyross parish.[4]
Development edit
Housing development in the area started in the 1970s and 1980s. Up to 2008, the estate was unusual in that it spanned two electoral areas, with 728 houses part of the Ballynanty DED of Limerick City Council, and 432 houses in the Limerick North Rural DED of Limerick County Council. The city boundaries have since been redrawn so that the whole estate is now covered by the City Council. It comprises 1,160 houses which are divided into 12 parks.
People edit
- Keith Earls, retired rugby union player for Munster and Ireland
- Noel Hogan, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of The Cranberries
Transport edit
Moyross is served by Bus Eireann services 303 and 306 to Limerick city centre.
In October 2022, proposals were announced to open a new train station in Moyross.[5] As of November 2022, Iarnród Éireann were reportedly looking for an "appropriate location for the new train station [..] with a view to delivery 2025".[6]
Crime edit
Moyross has been associated in the media with anti-social behaviour, poverty and criminal gangs. Moyross gained notoriety with a decade-long cycle of incidents involving petrol bomb attacks, stabbings, murders and gun-related incidents, which reached a peak in 2006.[7]
One incident that received much media attention in Ireland was the September 2006 petrol bomb attack of a car containing five-year-old Gavin Murray and seven-year-old Millie Murray, which resulted in serious injuries to both of them after their mother turned down a request from youths for a lift to a courthouse.[8][9] The crime illustrated the need for government attention in Moyross and the neglect faced by housing estates in the area, compared to more affluent areas of Limerick. John Fitzgerald was appointed to lead an initiative to address issues of crime and exclusion in Moyross.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Maigh Rois / Moyross". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "People of Moyross: Portrait of a housing estate". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Dáil Éireann - Volume 417 - 11 March, 1992 - Adjournment Debate - Moyross (Limerick) Vandalism". historical-debates.oireachtas.ie. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007.
- ^ "Demographic Profile of Moyross" (PDF). moyrossparish.com. Moyross Parish & Community. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Train station for Moyross among Limerick sustainable travel projects". limerickpost.ie. 17 October 2022.
- ^ "New Limerick City train station on track for 2025 opening". limerickpost.ie. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Village - Politics, Media and Current Affairs in Ireland - Diary of a Moyross Resident [dead link]
- ^ NewsWire Limerick: Third teen charged over Millie and Gavin arson attack
- ^ NewsWire Limerick: Scarred for the rest of their lives
- ^ "Vote No.1 McCARTHY, Cathal". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2008.