Maldron Hotel Limerick is ideally located for business and leisure travelers. The Limerick city center is 5 minutes away. Limerick began as a Viking colony on an island in the Shannon River and is now the fourth largest city in the country. It has benefited much from being so close to the Shannon Airport and from its new found role as capital of the Midwest Region. It is a city of historical and literary focus and has a great sporting tradition.