Moyross

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Moyross
Maigh Rois
Suburban area
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Housing in Moyross
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Moyross
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°40′52″N8°38′49″W / 52.681°N 8.647°W / 52.681; -8.647
Country Ireland
Province Munster
City Limerick
Irish Grid Reference R563590

Moyross (Irish : Maigh Rois) [1] is a suburb and council estate in Limerick city in Ireland. [2] Moyross is located on the city's north side and is the largest housing estate in Limerick. [3]

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The Roman Catholic parish of Moyross is one of 60 parishes in the Diocese of Limerick. As of the 2011 census, there were 2,183 people in Moyross parish. [4]

Development

Housing development in the area started in the 1970s and 1980s. Up to 2008, the estate was unusual in that it spanned two electoral areas, with 728 houses part of the Ballynanty DED of Limerick City Council, and 432 houses in the Limerick North Rural DED of Limerick County Council. The city boundaries have since been redrawn so that the whole estate is now covered by the City Council. It comprises 1,160 houses which are divided into 12 parks.

People

Transport

Moyross is served by Bus Eireann services 303 and 306 to Limerick city centre.

In October 2022, proposals were announced to open a new train station in Moyross. [5] As of May 2024, a preferred location for the proposed station has been decided and a public consultation is underway from 20th May 2024 until 14th June 2024. [6]

Crime

Moyross has been associated in the media with anti-social behaviour, poverty and criminal gangs. Moyross gained notoriety with a decade-long cycle of incidents involving petrol bomb attacks, stabbings, murders and gun-related incidents, which reached a peak in 2006. [7]

One incident that received much media attention in Ireland was the September 2006 petrol bomb attack of a car containing five-year-old Gavin Murray and seven-year-old Millie Murray, which resulted in serious injuries to both of them after their mother turned down a request from youths for a lift to a courthouse. [8] [9] The crime illustrated the need for government attention in Moyross and the neglect faced by housing estates in the area, compared to more affluent areas of Limerick. John Fitzgerald was appointed to lead an initiative to address issues of crime and exclusion in Moyross. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maigh Rois / Moyross". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "People of Moyross: Portrait of a housing estate". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dáil Éireann - Volume 417 - 11 March, 1992 - Adjournment Debate - Moyross (Limerick) Vandalism". historical-debates.oireachtas.ie. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "Demographic Profile of Moyross" (PDF). moyrossparish.com. Moyross Parish & Community. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Train station for Moyross among Limerick sustainable travel projects". limerickpost.ie. 17 October 2022.
  6. ↑ https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/about-us/iarnrod-eireann-projects-and-investments/new-stations/moyross
  7. ↑ Village - Politics, Media and Current Affairs in Ireland - Diary of a Moyross Resident [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ NewsWire Limerick: Third teen charged over Millie and Gavin arson attack
  9. ↑ NewsWire Limerick: Scarred for the rest of their lives
  10. ↑ "Vote No.1 McCARTHY, Cathal". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
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