Playtime turns to pray time for former toy store

A place where children once went wild with delight is now being turned into a retreat of quiet contemplation.

Playtime turns to pray time for former toy store
Fri, 06 Jun, 2014 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

The closed-down Smyth’s Toy Shop on Limerick’s Henry St is being taken over by the Abundant Life Christian Church in a €460,000 deal.

The building has been mostly unused since Smyth’s closed in 2008.

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