Merchant’s Quay

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Merchant’s Quay is the site of the Long Dock, the supposed landing place of the Vikings.
The quay houses the City and County Council Headquarters and the Limerick Courthouse. It has a vantage point of the city along the River Shannon, taking in prominent sites such as King John’s Castle and the Curragower Falls.
This site was one of seven listed venues used for Phase 1 of the 39th edition of EVA International in 2020. For its 39th edition, EVA adopted a three-phased approach as a response to Covid-19 restrictions.
Bora Baboçi (b. 1988, Albania) presented a spoken audio work here titled Predictions (2020). Accessible on a mobile phone through a QR code, the work offered passers-by a fantasy narrative of the Curragower Falls section of the River Shannon.