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Limerick, you're a lady. And the lady has just come first in a rather lovely pageant, chosen as Ireland's very first National City of Culture for 2014. Roadtrip anyone?Great news for the Treaty City this afternoon; Limerick is set to be the first national ‘City of Culture’.
Minister Jimmy Deenihan TD, has today announced an initiative whereby one city in Ireland will be designated National City of Culture every two years, and will hold the title for one calendar year. Home to Thomond Park and The University Concert Hall, Limerick is the first Irish city chosen to receive the honour of the title, which it will hold through 2014.today quotes Minister Deenihan as saying; ‘I’m delighted to announce this new initiative today.