The 10 Best Monuments & Statues in County Limerick, Province of Munster

Reviewed By likestotravel529 - Limerick, Ireland

At the far side of the bridge opposite to King John's Castle & the connection runs deep. The 1691 Treaty is said to have been agreed upon & then signed on this rock between two fighting factions who faced off against each other on either side of the bridge. Bridge regulations at that time would have allowed 500 to stand with 200 permitted to be on horseback. It was also used for the foot to push on to a horse back in the day before 1691 one hundred of which would have used this on the treaty side on the day of the signing. The rock itself has a smooth surface and is rounded on each corner. It is a light-ish grey, bordering almost on a frosty fog colour if looked at in a certain light. The rock itself in it's current position, has lain here since an undetermined date in and around the year 1990. For 299 years it sat in a position further up and closer to the bridge but was then moved by the council. It is said it was moved because the bus used to come pretty close to it when coming around the corner and tourists used to stand in front of oncoming traffic to get a clear landscaped picture , but these could all be myths and legends. The real reason for it moving just before its 300th year celebrations probably goes deeper than this.There was talk.of the Norman's having pull and sway in this but by 1990 they had dis-banded. It isn't worth a trip across the entire Atlantic to visit, though would be if visiting from the UK and tying it in with a visit to King John's Castle Clancy Strand Walk and maybe The Curragower.