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Teaching and Learning - Limerick

Explore our Limerick teaching and learning spaces

This chapter will help you find your way around our Limerick campus. Get to know your surroundings by looking around our buildings and teaching spaces.

Follow our guides as they explore the Limerick campus and show you around our range of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms, computer labs and other teaching spaces.

Founded in 1898, initially as a teacher-training college, the MIC Limerick campus has come a long way since the first students stepped through its doors. MIC is now a thoroughly modern institution, delivering a variety of education and liberal arts programmes to over 5,000 students. Our teaching spaces maintain a historic charm with period buildings and fixtures, but also boast contemporary facilities like the TARA Building, Lime Tree Theatre and Tailteann Sports Complex to complement the vibrant student experience. MIC Limerick is a strong fixture in both the local community and the national educational landscape.

MIC Limerick Campus

Explore the Limerick Campus Buildings

MIC may be the oldest third-level college in Limerick, but the transformation of the campus over the last 20 years shows a drive to offer the best amenities possible. Take a look around each of the buildings on the Limerick campus.

TARA Building
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Explore the TARA Building on our virtual 360 tour and discover the state-of-the-art resources available on the Limerick campus.

The four-storey TARA Building (Teaching, Recreational and Auditorium space) is home to dozens of state-of-the-art lecture and tutorial spaces, computer labs and simulated classrooms. 

John Henry Newman Campus
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John Henry Newman

The landmark 19th century John Henry Newman building is located across from the South Circular Road entrance to the College.

The John Henry Newman campus is home to the Research & Graduate School and a number of other MIC offices and services. 

Summerville House
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Summerville House

Many of the rooms in Summerville House still have original features dating back to when the house was built.

Summerville House, former home of the noted 19th century botanist William Henry Harvey, is tucked away in the corner of the main campus across from the Tailteann Sports Complex.

Tailteann Sports Complex
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The Tailteann Sports Complex is where students are taught the necessary essentials of physical education.

Perched on the side of a full-size GAA pitch, the Tailteann Sports Complex houses a basketball court, indoor soccer courts, badminton courts, volleyball courts, table-tennis facilities, a weights room, dance studios, teaching gyms and changing room facilities.

Foundation Building
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Foundation Building Front View

MIC Foundation Building, the original Mary Immaculate College building, is home to a number of student facilities, facilitating both the academic and personal needs of students. 

MIC's rich history and contemporary vigour can be seen in the original main structure, the Foundation Building. The first stone was laid in 1899 and the building is still in full use today for teaching, office space and dining.

MIC Limerick Campus Map

Browse the Limerick campus map to find out where all these buildings are located.

MIC Limerick Campus Map
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MIC Limerick Campus Map
MIC Limerick Foundation Building Entrance
MIC Limerick Foundation Building Entrance
MIC Limerick Foundation Building Entrance
MIC Tailteann Building and GAA Pitch
MIC Tailteann Building and GAA Pitch
MIC Tailteann Building and GAA Pitch

MIC’s Limerick Campus has undergone many changes over the years, not least in its infrastructure and campus. The College is currently engaged in a process of Campus Master Planning to map out directions in which the campus may grow in the future.

Michael Keane, Vice-President of Administration and Finance

Lectures and Tutorials

Studying at MIC, you will attend both lectures and tutorials, and you will need to know the difference once you get to campus. Aisling and Philip explain the difference between the two.

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