Personal connectionWhy this part of the guide matters to us.
This section is deliberately personal. The people behind this site are from Limerick City, born and raised on different sides of the city, and Limerick is part of the place we know as home rather than simply a destination we researched for a website.
That gives us a responsibility as well as an advantage. We know that a city is more complicated than a postcard, and we want the guide to reflect real places, ordinary routines, family memories and the history that sits underneath them.
There is a deep devoted connection to the city & county of Limerick from the family behind this site. Originating from Limerick's old city & county, the people were born and raised on different sides of it going back over 10 generations.
Limerick will always be the place we call home, rather than simply a destination for a website. That gives us a strong responsibility as well as an insight advantage. We know the city. Its heart, its gold, its fire, & it's bold. There is always a story in Limerick to be told!
A family connection to Limerick.
There is also a genuine family connection to Adare through the Shaw family. That connection is one reason the Limerick–Adare relationship feels personal to us rather than purely commercial.
Adare and Limerick belong to the same wider regional story, but they are not interchangeable. Limerick is a city with a medieval core, Georgian expansion, major sporting culture and a large urban community; Adare is a historic village shaped by the Maigue, the estate and its distinctive built heritage.
A city of immense comradery, through thick & thin. All the tears, blood, sweat, dark & golden years. The hurling, the rugby, the soccer & boxing. The marching bands, poetry, art theatre & public parks. The banks of the Shannon, the music, the stars, the engineering & architecture. The medieval part we all grew up with & the sense that history has never left us.
Limerick is beautifully more complicated than a perfect postcard, and we want the guide to reflect real places, ordinary routines, family memories and the history that sits underneath them.
The small details matter.
When we say “home”, we mean more than famous landmarks. It includes the roads people drive every day, the shops where families buy food, the pubs and clubs where people meet, school memories, sporting loyalties, music, local stories and the landscape between the city and the villages.
Those details are often invisible in conventional travel guides, but they are exactly what can make a visitor’s experience feel connected to Ireland rather than packaged as a sequence of attractions.
Why we built Beyond the FairwaysThe Ryder Cup is the reason to arrive. It does not have to be the whole story.
Adare Manor will attract an international audience in 2027. We want visitors to see what surrounds it: Limerick’s history, Clare’s landscapes, Tipperary’s towns, Cork’s food and culture, local golf clubs, music, markets and the ordinary life of the region.
That is the idea behind Beyond the Fairways. Use the golf trip as a doorway into Ireland, then spend some of the time looking beyond the tournament itself.
A local promiseRespect the place we are describing.
We will try to distinguish documented history from tradition and folklore, avoid turning communities into stereotypes and use public sources wherever possible. Where a story is contested or based on memory, it should be presented as such.
We also want the guide to remain useful. That means practical information, cultural context and enough historical depth that a visitor can understand why a place matters rather than simply being told that it is “beautiful”.
Growing the guideThere is much more to add.
The Limerick section will continue to grow with deeper profiles of people, sporting institutions, local businesses and cultural places, supported by public archives, council heritage material, museums and other reliable sources.
The goal is not to make the biggest travel website. It is to build a richer, more human record of the places around a very unusual week in Irish sporting history.
A little thank youEnjoying the journey?
Built with a genuine lot of time, care & love. If you've enjoyed exploring Ireland with us & would like to help our families keep going, thank you so very much for your love & supporting our journey.
Thank you so very much for your donation from all of us
— Clan De Rosfort
Ár ngrá go léir — Clan De Rosfort
€100Our personal material is presented separately from historical research. Public heritage information is drawn from Limerick City and County Council and related sources. Imagery sourced from Wikimedia Commons; retain the applicable licence and attribution.
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