Patrickswell site set to become Ryder Cup park-and-ride facility

Limerick Twenty Thirty has been appointed to oversee the 'masterplanning' of a site that will serve as a major transport link during the Ryder Cup

Part of the Patrickswell site will be used as a park-and-ride facility for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor. File picture

Limerick Twenty Thirty has been appointed to oversee the "masterplanning" of a 70-acre site in Patrickswell, which was acquired by Limerick City and County Council last year.

The site was purchased following a significant investment through the mayoral fund.

Part of the landholding will be used as a park-and-ride facility for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, providing more than 3,900 parking spaces for spectators, who will be transported to the venue by bus.

The site is adjacent to the M20 motorway and Limerick Foynes rail line.

The masterplan will consider how the lands can be integrated with the village, including transport links and community facilities. 

As part of the project, Limerick Twenty Thirty will appoint and manage a multidisciplinary team. 

The company previously oversaw masterplans and urban design strategy for the former Mungret College lands on behalf of the council.

Public and stakeholder consultations will also be held along with engagement with the Patrickswell community and politicians.

As the lands are not currently zoned for residential development, the masterplan will provide the evidence base needed to support a proposed variation to the Limerick Development Plan.

Mayor of Limerick John Moran said: "When we acquired these lands with the mayoral fund, I said that housing isn't just a priority for Limerick, it is the priority. But building homes successfully means building communities, and that is what this next stage is about.

“We now have a once in a life-time opportunity to think ambitiously about how Patrickswell can and should grow over the coming decades. 

"Villages should become towns not through private developer led sprawl but by careful top-down planning, like that we admire happened in Adare and Westport. 

"But as we know from Shannon, planned towns also need a heart.” 

Limerick Twenty Thirty chief executive Pat Nash said: "The scale and location of these lands make this a particularly important opportunity for Patrickswell and for Limerick. 

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"Our role is to bring together the planning, design, infrastructure, commercial, and delivery expertise needed to establish what represents the best long-term outcome for the site. 

"Housing will be at the heart of that work, but a successful masterplan must go much further than calculating how many homes can fit on a site. 

"We need to understand how a new neighbourhood would work, how it connects into Patrickswell, what supporting infrastructure and amenities are required and, critically, how the vision can ultimately be delivered."

He added: "The objective is to create a robust, viable, and deliverable framework that can add to Patrickswell rather than compete with what is already there."