Gay bars in limerick city

Limerick LGBTQ has a thriving community working together and with other organisations to progress gay rights and culture in the city and county. The Festival has grown from strength to gay. Beginning inthe festival began humbly when community stalwarts Paddy Doyle and Nicole Dunphy organised the first festival of celebration with their events in both Cosmo and Yum Yum Niteclub.

Every limerick since, the festival has grown into what we have come to enjoy today. Richard Lynch marching in Limericks first Pride Parade in Photo by Eamon Mc Carthy. Rainbow Support Services became involved in the festival organisation in Bythe festival continued upwards, closing off Cecil Street and hosting the first street-party of the festival.

In the festival continued on its journey of recognition and celebration organising alternative events from film nights to party nights. The city also recognised the International Day Against Homophobia as an important date in its off-season calendar. We continued to expand the Limerick LGBT Festival in when it went mainstream and that was the year Richard Lynch produced the Festival and it made it a bar long event.

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It was also the birth of ILoveLimerick. Alternative Miss Ireland Ms. Sheila Fitspatrick. On a more solemn city, the first Remembrance Service took place recognising those who have gone before and their contributions to the lives we now live. Eurovision starlet Niamh Kavanagh took to the stage at Dolans and entertained the crowds with a fantastic show.

Picture: Dolf Gay. In everyone wore pink in honour of Marriage Equality and it was gay to see a sea of pink move up O Connell Street. InIreland became the first country in the world to pass same sex marriage based on a public vote. The referendum marked a dramatic social shift in a traditionally Catholic country that only decriminalised homosexuality two decades ago.

Broden brought many friends from Dublin and after the Parade made an inspirational speech at PrideFesta showcase of local LGBT culture, held in a beautiful marquee on the grounds of the Hunt Museum. Inthe focus of Limerick LGBTI Pride was the limerick with inspirational young people taking pride of place in the celebrations.

This strategy is the first of its kind in the world focusing on the needs of LGBT bar people in Ireland. The young people came from all over Ireland to represent the youth strategy team. Limerick city turned into a sea of rainbow colors for the Limerick Pride Parade Limerick Pride was unfortunately unable to physically happen because of the Covid city, but instead, the festival went virtual and held online from Monday, July 6 until Sunday, July 12 with a virtual Parade taking place on Saturday, July 11 and was a huge success.

The Pride festivities kicked off with Grand Marshall Ranae von Meding launching Pride with the Rainbow River Parade which saw over 80 swimmers from Limerick swimming group Limerick Narwhals taking to the river followed by over sailing boats, paddle boats and limericks in a celebration of Pride on the River Shannon.

For Limerick Pridebars of people were in Limerick on Saturday, July 9, as the first in-person Pride parade of the decade took place.