NUMBER 724

BENCHMARKS continued

Returning through Limerick from a trip to the remote south-west recently, Benchmarker used the short time available for a hunt within the environs of Colbert Station and bagged this one. It's on the base of the railings on Pery Square at the corner with Mallow Street.

For more 'marks from Limerick City, see the website created by historian Sharon Slater here:- http://limerickslife.com/benchmarks-in-limerick/ It's everything a benchmark website should be.

Below: The 'mark on Pery Square in Limerick City.

 

Above: Looking north-west down Mallow Street with the 'mark at the base of the railings at bottom left on Pery Square.

NUMBER 695

BENCHMARKS continued

This one was submitted by Sharon, a historian in Limerick City. A first from there, I believe. It's at the entrance to Barringtons' Hospital on George's Quay. Sharon's blog on that city is here: - limerickslife.com

(Where to put the apostrophe is a conundrum with which Benchmarker constantly wrestles. The hospital website omits it completely; the name-plate on the building has it after the 's' of Barringtons; while modern maps etc put it before the 's'. Life is never simple. Sigh!) 

Below: The 'mark at the entrance to Barringtons' Hospital on George's Quay in Limerick City.

Above: A view of the hospital entrance with the 'mark on the pillar at left.