College Christmas takes over Limerick city as students celebrate the holiday season
Limerick Live took to the streets of Limerick city to chat to students about why they love the day
IT’S THE most wonderful time of the year... College Christmas!
For anyone unfamiliar with the tradition, the hordes of college students walking, bussing, and taxiing across Limerick city may have come as quite a surprise this Wednesday morning.
College Christmas is Limerick students’ annual celebration of the festive season, where Christmas jumper-clad young people wake up at four in the morning to party - and drink - all day long.
Limerick Live took to the streets of Limerick city to chat to students queuing up for various bars and nightclubs about why they love the day.
Friends Emily, Ellen and Annie left the Christmas jumpers at home, instead opting for the ‘White Christmas’ look.
They woke at 6am and hope to stay out “as long as we can”. They’re strategic about it, and plan to head home for a few hours at “half-time” and recuperate.
Annie shared that her favourite part of the day was the drinking, while Emily laughed that hers was eating: “We’ll go to Hello Pizza at the end!”
Darragh O’Connell, from Cork, said he and his friends have been “drinking since early” and joined the queue for Flannery’s Bar at around 9am.
He plans to say out “all night”, saying: “It’s College Christmas, course you have to, stay out all night, that’s the craic!”
Friends Alex, Caoimhe, Heather, Pauline and Ronan got up at 6am to start drinking at seven, though Caoimhe added that she’s been up since 4am!
Alex said he’s hoping to stay out till 9pm, with Heather adding “no later”, and Caoimhe’s planning to stay out until “one in the morning”.
Alex’s favourite part of the day is “missing college”, Caoimhe’s is “the spirit”, and Ronan’s is “the good vibes”.
Heather loves “just being able to get up and day drink and it be normal”.
Oisín and Darragh woke up at 7am and chatted to Limerick Live from the queue for Black Rabbit.
They hope to stay out late, but added “we’ll see”.
Darragh’s favourite thing is “spending time with your friends, the whole day long” - to which his friends off-camera burst out laughing.
A fire truck is stationed outside Dunnes Stores on Henry Street this morning, with four firefighters monitoring the area as the College Christmas celebrations get underway.
Multiple garda vehicles have also been seen surveilling streets across Limerick city.
Here’s hoping they all have fun, keep safe, and stay on Santa’s nice list!