Similarly, Rocky O’Shea, proprietor of the Commercial Bar across the road from Canteen, has cited the strong community spirit as being instrumental to his business.
With a number of new bars opened in Limerick, the Commercial’s success is symptomatic of the booming nightlife scene in the city, with the characteristically spacious and quirky buildings of Limerick’s Georgian Quarter making for some of the city’s most fashionable nightspots.
“The support we got when we set up here was just amazing.”