Hamptons, Henry Street, Limerick; tel: 061-609325; hamptonsgrill.ie

BEST view of Limerick City? From The Strand hotel’s elevator. Launching from a sleekly-styled lobby, its glass walls zoom upwards to a panorama over Sarsfield Bridge, the mighty River Shannon and Limerick Castle.

Tommy Barker says you can buy Belvelly Castle for €375,000.