St. Mary's Park is a housing estate

Housing estate

A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...

 in Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

, Ireland

Ireland

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St. Mary's Park is one of the more impoverished areas in Limerick city that has suffered from anti-social behavior and high crime rates including gun and knife violence. Along with Moyross

Moyross

Moyross Estate was developed between 1973–1987 in Limerick city and county in Ireland. Up to 2008 the estate was unusual in that it spanned two electoral areas, with 728 houses part of the Ballynanty DED of Limerick City Council, and 432 houses in the Limerick North Rural DED of Limerick...

, Southill

Southill

Southill may refer to:*Southill, Bedfordshire, England*Southill, Limerick, Ireland*Southill, Weymouth, Dorset, EnglandSouthill may also refer to:*Viscount Torrington, Lord Byng of Southill...

, and Ballinacurra weston, St. Mary's Park will be the focus of a regeneration process with the goal of making the area a safer and more prosperous place for its residents.