Temporary Closure of Roads: Regeneron Great Limerick Run 2026

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of the Roads Act 1993 of the intention of Limerick City and County Council to close the sections of roads detailed hereunder at the specified locations and times to facilitate the Regeneron Great Limerick Run 2026 on Sunday 3rd May 2026.

Roads to be closed to Vehicular Traffic and ParkingDate & Times
Arthurs Quay (R526-20) From its junction with Honan’s Quay (L-10329-0, R526-19 & R526-28) to its junction with Francis Street (R526)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from

08.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs

One lane closure

Ballycummin Road (L-1405-306, L-1434-1) from Churchill Meadows to Mulcair Road

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from

09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

One lane closure

Barrington Street (Road No. L10381-0 & L10381-1) from its junction with The Crescent to its intersection with Pery Square (Road No. 377 and 377A)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     06.00hrs to 15.00hrs

 

Bedford Row (Road No. L10332-0) from its junction with Harvey’s Quay (Road No. L10331-1) to its junction with O'Connell Street (Road No. R526-31)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     06.00hrs to 18.00hrs

Boherbuoy (R858-9) from Edward Street to Carey’s Road Junction 

 

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 

06.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs

Full Road Closure & No Parking

Brookville Ave (L-10483-0, L-10483-1 & L-10474-7) from Corrib Drive to Lissadell Drive

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from

10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Full road closure (except for local traffic)

Catherine Place (Road No. L10372-0) from its junction with Mallow Street (Road No. L10367-5) to its junction with Upper Hartstonge Street (Road No. L10376-1)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     06.00hrs to 15.00hrs

Cecil Street (Road No. L10346-0) from Junction at Catherine Street (Road No. L10370-3) to Junction at O’Connell Street (Road No. R526-32)

 

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     04.00hrs to 18.00hrs


 

Childers Road (R526-40) from Hyde Road (L10462-1) to Rosbrien Road (R526-42)

 

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 

08.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs

Full Road Closure

Church Hill Meadows  (L1443-0) from Dooradoyle Road (L1404-267) to Ballycummin Road (L1405-306)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 

09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

One lane closure

Clancy Strand (Road No. L10085-0) from its junction with the Ennis Road, (Road No. R857-4) to its junction with Thomond Bridge (R445-23)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 

09.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs

 

Local access/egress will be provided.

Corrib Drive (L-10474-0, L-10483-3) to Brookville Avenue

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 

10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Full road closure (except for local traffic)

Davis Street (Road No. L10362-0) from its junction with Boherbuoy (Road No. L858-9) to its junction with Pery Street (Road No. L10371-0)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 13.30 hrs

 

Dooradoyle Road (L-1404-267, L-1443-0) from R926 Roundabout to Churchill Meadows (L-1443-0)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

One lane closure

Edward Street (R-858-9, R-858-8, R-858-7, R-858-6, R-858-5, R-858-4, R-858-2,  R-858-1) from Boherbuoy (R858-9) to Rosbrien Road (R526-42)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

Full Road Closure

Ennis Road (R-857-5 & R-857-4) from Corrib Drive (L10474-0) to Sarsfield Bridge (R-857-3)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.30 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Full road closure (except for local traffic)

Ennis Road (Road No. R857-4) from its junction with Sarsfield Bridge, (Road No. R857-3) to its junction with Union Cross, Shelbourne Road (Road No. R464-8)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

 

Local access/egress will be provided.

Glentworth Street (Road No. L10353-2)

from its junction with O’Connell Street (R526-34) to its junction with Pery Street (Road No. L10371-0)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs

 

Greenfields Road (Road No. L10469-0) from its junction with Childers Road (R509) to its junction with Huntsfield Roundabout (R926-1)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

 

Greenfields Road (Rosbrien) (Road No. L1144-696) 

from its junction with Dooradoyle Road (R926-1) to its junction with Childers Road (R509)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

 

Henry Street (Road No. R526-12) from its junction with Lower Glentworth Street (Road No. R527-10) to its junction with Sarsfield Street (Road No. R527-15)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from 
09.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs
Hymies Boreen (L-10541-0) between Park Road   (L10164-0) and Rhebogue Road (L10166-0)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 13.30 hrs

Full Road Closure

Johns Square (Road No. R858-17) from its junction with Cathedral Place (Road No. L10257-2)

Sunday 3rd May 2026

9:00hrs to 12:00 hrs

Saint Lelia Street (L-10265-2, L-10265-1 & L-10265-0) from its junction with Clare Street (R445) to its junction with Pennywell Road(R-858-21, R858-22, R858-23)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs

 

Dooradoyle Link Road (R-926-1) from Dooradoyle Road (L1404-267) to Rosbrien Road (L1144-696)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

Full Road Closure

Lower Cecil Street (Road No. L11069-11) from its junction with Howley’s Quay (Road No. R527-12) to its junction with O’Connell St (Road No R526-32)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026

08.00hrs to 18.00hrs.

Merval Drive (L-10474-2) from Corrib Drive (L10474-0) to Lissadell Drive (L-10474-7)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Full road closure (except for local traffic)

Mulcair Road (L1434-1) from Ballycummin Road (L1405-306) to Dooradoyle Road (R926-1229)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs

One lane closure

 

North Circular Road (Road No. L10059-15 to L10059-0) from its junction with Lower Shelbourne Road

(Road No. R464-10)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Local access/egress will be provided.

O’Callaghan Strand (Road No. L10062-0) from its junction with North Circular Road, (Road No. L10059-0) to its junction with Sarsfield Bridge, (Road No. R857-3)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs

 

Local access/egress will be provided.

O'Connell Ave (R-526-4, R-526-5, R526-6, R-526-7, R-526-8 & R-526-9)  from New Street junction to Mallow Street Junction

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
06.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs

No Parking

O'Connell Street (Road No. R526-30) from its junction with Sarsfield Street (Road No. R527-15) to its junction with Mallow Street (Road No. L10367-4)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     04.00hrs to 18.00hrs
Parkview Drive (L-10474-3 & L-10042-0) from its junction with Corrib Drive (L10474-0) to its junction with Lissadell Drive (L10474-7)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

Full road closure (except for local traffic)

Pery Street (Road No. L10371-0) from its junction with Upper Mallow Street (Road No. L10367-6) to its junction with Glentworth Street (Road No. L10353-3)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs

 

Pery Square (Road No.L103770 & L103771-1 & L10381-1) from its intersection with Barrington Street (Road No. L10381-1) to its junction with Mallow   Street  (Road No L10367-0)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     04.00hrs to 15.00hrs

 

Plassey Park Road (Road No. L1117-110) from its junction with Milford Road to Annacotty Roundabout (L1118-143)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs

 

Plassey Park Road (Road No. L1117-110) from its junction with Groody Roundabout (R445) to University of Limerick East Gate (Road No. L1118-143)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs

 

R858 (New Road)(R-858-20, R-858-19,R-858-18) from its junction with Lelia Street (L10265-0) to John Street (R858-18)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs

No Parking

Rhebogue Road (L-10166-0 & L-10164-1) from Hymies Boreen  (L10541-0) junction to Old Dublin Road (R445-7)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs

Outbound lane only

Roche’s Street (R527-20) from its junction with O'Connell Street (R526-31) to its junction with Parnell Street (Road No. R858-10)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     07.00hrs to 18.00hrs.
Roche’s Street (Road No. R527-19) from its junction with Catherine Street (Road No. L10370-3) to its junction with O'Connell Street (Road No. R526-31)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     04.00hrs to 18.00hrs
Rosbrien Road (Road No. R858-4) from Fitzgerald Place to Punch’s Cross (Road No. R526-43)

Sunday 3rd May 2026 from

8:00 hrs  to 14:30 hrs

Rosbrien Road (Road No. R526-42) from its junction with Childers Road (Road No R509) to its junction with O’Connell Ave (Road No. R526-4)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 14.30 hrs

 

Sarsfield Bridge (Road No. R857-1) from its junction with Sarsfield Street (R527-15) to its junction with Clancy Strand (Road No. L10085-0)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs
Sarsfield Street (Road No. R527-15) from its junction with O’Connell Street (Road no. R526-30)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
06.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs
Shannon Street (Road No. R527-11) from its junction with Howley’s Quay (Road No. R527-12) to its junction with O'Connell Street (Road No. R526-31)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from

04.00hrs to 18.00hrs

Shelbourne Road (upper and lower R464-6) from its junction with Cratloe Road (Road No. R445-29) to its junction with Condell Road (R527-7)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
09.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs

 

The Crescent (Road No. R526-8) from its junction with Upper Hartstonge Street (Road No. 10376-1) to its intersection with Quinlan Street (Road No. R526-7)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
06.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs
Thomas Street (Road No. L10336-0) from its junction with O’Connell St (R526-31) to its junction with Augustinian Lane (Road No. L10342-0)Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
07.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs
Upper Hartstonge Street (Road No. L10376-1 & 10376-2) from its junction with Pery Square (Road No.L10371-0) to its junction with O'Connell Street (Road No. R526-9)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from     06.00hrs to 15.00hrs

 

Upper Mallow Street (Road No L10367-6)

from its junction with Pery Street (Road No. 10371-0) to its junction with Boherbuoy Road (Road No. R858-9)

 

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 15.30 hrs

 

Boherbuoy Road (No. R858-9) from its junction with Lord Edward Street to Junction with Upper Mallow Street (Road No L10367-6)

Sunday, 3rd May 2026 from
08.00 hrs to 15.30 hrs

 

Roads Where Temporary Parking Restrictions Will Apply and Vehicle Tow-Away will operate

 

Dates and Times
Boherbuoy (side of Peoples Park)

Sunday 3rd May 2026

02:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs

Ennis Road (inbound from Gaelic Grounds to Union Cross)

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs

Glentworth Street (both sides)

From Pery Square to Henry Street

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs

Greenfields Road (outbound towards county)

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs

Liddy Street (side of Old Dunnes building)

Sunday 3rd May 2026

02:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs

Lord Edward Street-inbound Lane from Wolfe Tone Street to Carey’s Road

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs

Lower Gerald Griffin Street - city side - from Johns Square to William St

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs

New Road from Pennywell to John St (hospital side)

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs

O'Connell Ave – Punch’s Cross to Mallow Street – outbound lane from city

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs

Parnell St (opposite Railway station)

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs

Sexton St Nth (outbound lane from Clancy Strand to Belfield Park)

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs

Upper Gerald Griffin Street (city side) - from William St to Parnell St

Sunday 3rd May 2026  

02:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs

Upper Mallow St /Pery Square to Boherbuoy - Both sides of street

Sunday 3rd May 2026

02:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs

  • These temporary parking restrictions will be signposted
  • No Parking on Green areas allowed
  • Park & Ride Facility will be provided on the Dock Road (R510) at the Limerick Greyhound Stadium (Details to be Confirmed) by the Event Organiser.
  • Disc Parking Areas outside of the main Race Route can be availed of.
  • Please avail of Multistorey Parking where these venues are open and not affected by the Race Route or the other events taking place in the City Centre over the May Bank Holiday weekend

Any person April lodge an objection to the proposal to close these roads by email to roads@limerick.ie or in writing to the Administrative Officer, Central Services, Roads, Limerick City and County Council, Dooradoyle, Limerick not later than 4.00pm on Tuesday 31st March 2026.

Signed: John Gannon - Senior Engineer, Transportation and Mobility

Limerick City and County Council 

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