Athlunkard Street () is a street on King's Island, in Limerick city, Ireland. The Irish name Áth Longphuirt, meaning "ford of the longphort," refers to a 9th-century Viking longphort (defended ship encampment) once located at that ford over the Shannon. Athlunkard Street stretches from the Abbey River, at the O'Dwyer Bridge to the intersection with Mary Street and Nicholas Street. The street was founded on 26 April 1824.
The Arthlunkard name continues over O'Dwyer Bridge with Athlunkard Avenue in Corbally, and the Athlunkard Bridge in Corbally, across the River Shannon from the townland of Athlunkard, County Clare.
Points of interest Athlunkard Boat Club, established 1898.History of Athlunkard Boat Club Bourke's House, constructed in 1690. O'Dwyer Bridge, constructed in 1931.Buildings of Ireland: O'Dwyer's Bridge St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which opened in 1932St. Mary’s Church, RC on the site of an older chapel of the same name. It is the parish church for St. Mary's Parish, which was established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in A.D.1111.
References
External links Athlunkard Street in the Census of Ireland, 1911.