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The Crescent Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in Limerick
Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Located on what was at one time the outskirts of the city, in Dooradoyle
Dooradoyle

Dooradoyle is a Suburb of Limerick City which resides in County Limerick, Ireland built after the 1960s which remain in the administrative area....
, the centre now lies between the suburb of Raheen and the city proper. The complex in its original form was opened in 1973, making it one of the earlier shopping centres to open in Ireland (the earliest proper shopping centre in Ireland was opened in 1966 at Stillorgan
Stillorgan

Stillorgan , formerly a village in its own right, is now a broad suburban area of Dublin in Republic of Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
).

The main original part of the centre was built with a cross-type layout, with four malls (City Mall, Dooradoyle Mall, Garryowen
Garryowen

Garryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an Ireland tune for a quickstep dance....
 Mall and Shannon Mall) running from a centre atrium.






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The Crescent Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in Limerick
Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Located on what was at one time the outskirts of the city, in Dooradoyle
Dooradoyle

Dooradoyle is a Suburb of Limerick City which resides in County Limerick, Ireland built after the 1960s which remain in the administrative area....
, the centre now lies between the suburb of Raheen and the city proper. The complex in its original form was opened in 1973, making it one of the earlier shopping centres to open in Ireland (the earliest proper shopping centre in Ireland was opened in 1966 at Stillorgan
Stillorgan

Stillorgan , formerly a village in its own right, is now a broad suburban area of Dublin in Republic of Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
).

The main original part of the centre was built with a cross-type layout, with four malls (City Mall, Dooradoyle Mall, Garryowen
Garryowen

Garryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an Ireland tune for a quickstep dance....
 Mall and Shannon Mall) running from a centre atrium. The main anchor stores have been Quinnsworth
Quinnsworth

Quinnsworth was a chain of supermarkets in Ireland, founded by the entrepeneur Pat Quinn.Quinnsworth was best known for their "Yellow Pack" cheap, own brand products in distinctive yellow packs with the eponymous branding....
 (now Tesco
Tesco

Tesco Public limited company is a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. It is the largest British retailer by both global sales and domestic market share with profits exceeding ?2 billion....
) and Shaws (department store) located near the centre area, and Penneys on one of the malls. The other units in the centre have varied over the years, although some shops and eateries have maintained a long presence.

The centre remained largely unchanged but for some redecoration in the late 1980s, early 1990s, and the addition at one stage of shop units in the centre atrium. A major plan was drawn up in the late 1990s to expand the centre. A first step was the moving of the Limerick County Council
County Limerick

County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....
 library to a purpose built building separate from the main centre. A new section of mall was added to the Garryowen mall, creating a modern shopping space similar to those in the new large Dublin shopping centres. An underground carpark was built below this to compensate for the above-ground carpark taken up by the new development. Other developments in association with this included the opening of a new 12-screen cinema for Limerick, the Omniplex. Limerick County Council also acquired land next to the development for their new headquarters (previously their headquarters was in the city on O'Connell Street). The final stage of the work was the redevelopment of the old part of the shopping centre. New modern lighting, flooring and decor was added to the centre, and shop fronts were redesigned to conform to a standard fashion. The result was the reverse-engineering of a 1970s shopping complex into a centre similar to modern developments elsewhere in Ireland.

The shopping centre for now remains the largest shopping centre in Limerick after further expansion of the Dooradoyle mall in 2005. Recently Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is a major United Kingdom retailer, with over 840 stores in Marks & Spencer#International stores around the world, over 600 domestic and 285 international....
 have confirmed that they will be opening their first Limerick
Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland....
 store here in the summer of 2009.

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