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County Limerick

County Limerick is a county in the of Ireland, historically part of the province of Munster. It's dominated by the lively city of Limerick, the broad estuary of the Shannon, and lowland countryside dotted with castles and abbeys.
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is a city in County in the of Ireland, with a population in 2024 of 60,314. It's a miniature Dublin with its Georgian streets, historic sights, and many visitor amenities, and is a good base for visiting its surrounding county plus and .

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is a small town in County Limerick in the of western Ireland. It's one of the prettiest towns in the country, with a castle and a plush golf resort.

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is a village in County Limerick in Ireland. It's difficult to believe now, but this little place was once of great strategic importance, reflected in the ruins of its abbey, castle and medieval town walls.

County Limerick

Latitude of center
52.5° or 52° 30′ north
Longitude of center
-8.75° or 8° 45′ west
Population
195,000
Wiki­data ID
Q178283
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“County Limerick” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليمريك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه لمريك”
  • Armenian: “Լիմերիկ”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Limerick”
  • Azerbaijani: “Limerik qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “County Limerick”
  • Basque: “Limerick konderria”
  • Basque: “Limerickeko konderri”
  • Basque: “Limerickeko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “графства Лімерык”
  • Belarusian: “Лімэрык”
  • Bengali: “কাউন্টি লিমেরিক”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Limerick”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Luimneach”
  • Bulgarian: “Лимерик”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Limerick”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Limerick”
  • Cebuano: “County Limerick”
  • Chinese: “Limerick Kūn”
  • Chinese: “利默里克郡”
  • Czech: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Czech: “County Limerick”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Limerick”
  • Czech: “Limerick”
  • Czech: “Luimnigh”
  • Danish: “County Limerick”
  • Dutch: “County Limerick”
  • Esperanto: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Esperanto: “County Limerick”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando Limerick”
  • Estonian: “Limericki krahvkond”
  • Finnish: “Limerickin kreivikunta”
  • French: “comté de Limerick”
  • French: “Comté de Limerick”
  • French: “Limerick”
  • Galician: “Condado de Limerick”
  • Georgian: “ლიმერიკის საგრაფო”
  • German: “County Limerick”
  • German: “IE-LK”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λίμερικ”
  • Greek: “Λίμερικ”
  • Gujarati: “કાઉન્ટી લિમરિક”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לימריק”
  • Hindi: “काउंटी लिमरिक”
  • Hungarian: “Limerick megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Limerick”
  • Interlingua: “Limerick”
  • Irish: “Co. Luimnigh”
  • Irish: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Italian: “Contea di Limerick”
  • Italian: “County Limerick”
  • Italian: “Limerick”
  • Japanese: “リムリック県”
  • Kannada: “ಕೌಂಟಿ ಲಿಮರಿಕ್”
  • Korean: “리머릭주”
  • Kurdish: “County Limerick”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Limericensis”
  • Latvian: “Limerikas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Limeriko grafystė”
  • Macedonian: “Лимерик”
  • Malay: “County Limerick”
  • Malay: “Kaunti Limerick”
  • Manx: “Coontae Lhimnee”
  • Manx: “Coontae Limmeragh”
  • Marathi: “काउंटी लिमरिक”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Limerick Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Limerick”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County Limerick”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Limerick”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Limerick”
  • Norwegian: “Limerick”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Limericescīr”
  • Ossetian: “Лимерик (графад)”
  • Ossetian: “Лимерик”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لیمریک”
  • Polish: “Limerick”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Limerick”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Limerick”
  • Romanian: “Județul Limerick”
  • Romanian: “Limerick”
  • Russian: “Графство Лимерик”
  • Russian: “Лимерик”
  • Scots: “Coontie Limerick”
  • Scots: “Coonty Limerick”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Luimneich”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Serbian: “Limerik”
  • Serbian: “Лимерик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “County Limerick”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grofovija Limerick”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Limerick”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Limerik”
  • Sinhala: “ලිමිරෙක් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Limerick”
  • Slovenian: “County Limerick”
  • Slovenian: “IE-LK”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Limerick”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Limerick”
  • Spanish: “County Limerick”
  • Spanish: “Limerick”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Limerick”
  • Swedish: “County Limerick”
  • Swedish: “Grevskapet Limerick”
  • Swedish: “Limerick”
  • Swedish: “Tuarnafola”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Limerik”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Лимерик”
  • Tamil: “கவுண்டி லிமரிக்”
  • Telugu: “కౌంటీ లిమరిక్”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลลิเมริค”
  • Turkish: “Co Limerick”
  • Turkish: “Co Luimnigh”
  • Turkish: “Co. Limerick”
  • Turkish: “Co. Luimnigh”
  • Turkish: “Contae Luimnigh”
  • Turkish: “County Limerick”
  • Turkish: “IE-LK”
  • Turkish: “Limerick Co.”
  • Turkish: “Limerick County”
  • Turkish: “Limerick ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Limerick Kontluğu”
  • Turkish: “Luimneach ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Luimneach”
  • Ukrainian: “графство Лімерик”
  • Ukrainian: “Лімерик (графство)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лімерик”
  • Ukrainian: “Лімерік”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی لیمرک”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Limerick”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Limerick”
  • Western Panjabi: “لمرک”
  • “County Limerick”

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