Traveller properties left secured on the edge of Rathkeale (Image: Google) With its high street dotted with colourful buildings, shops and a few pubs as well as a nearby church, Rathkeale, at first glance, looks like any country town you might find in the UK or Ireland . But, upon a closer inspection of the town, which lies 18 miles southwest of Limerick, visitors may soon notice that something is missing. That being hundreds of the around 1,500 inhabitants of the town, who at any given time of the year, are likely to be in the UK, Europe or even further-flung corners of the globe.
Situated on the River Deel in the west of County Limerick, Rathkeale, or Ráth Caola in Irish which means the "Fort of Caoli", dates back to at least 1289 and has a strong history with members of the Irish traveller community, many of whom see it as their "spiritual home." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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