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unusual facts about Co. Limerick



Ardscoil Rís, Limerick

Shane Dowling Limerick GAA Joint Captain of Harty Cup winning side in 2011.

Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe

The bishop's seat (Cathedra) was located at the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Limerick.

Government of the 20th Dáil

This forced the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and Thomond College of Education, Limerick to apply to the National University of Ireland for the conferring of degrees and diplomas.

Joy in the Hood

Galway, Mount Vernon in Belfast, Southill in Limerick and Knocknaheeny in Cork to run comedy workshops and integrate into society in these places.

King's Island, Limerick

Samuel Lewis writing in 1837 in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland describes Limerick's old city of Englishtown as resembling the city of Rouen, Normandy with the housing built in Flemish fashion.

Newtown Pery, Limerick

Unfortunately, Newtown Pery, still lagged behind with regards to investment & planning with exception to the riverfront of the Shannon.

O'Connell Street, Limerick

:O'Connell Street is also the main street in Dublin, Ennis, Sligo and in various other towns around Ireland, and also the main street of North Adelaide

Riverfest, Limerick

This year's event will also feature Beloit's very own version of American Idol called Beloit Idol, with a cash prize of 2007 dollars.

Roxboro, Limerick

Due to the extensive civil unrest of the period following the Act of Union in 1801 and the Napoleonic Wars, many police barracks were constructed in the region and one was built at Power's Cross in Roxborough in the 1830s.

Sir John Bourke of Brittas

During the short lull in the persecutions he openly attended Divine Service at St. Mary's Cathedral, temporarily restored to the Catholics, and was received together with his family and retainers, into the Dominican Confraternity of the Holy Rosary.

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick

In 1111, the Synod of Rathbrassil decided that "St. Mary's church" would become the cathedral church of the Diocese of Limerick.

Limerick Cathedral (St Mary's) is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1168 and is the oldest building in Limerick which is in daily use.

The Crescent, Limerick

A monument to Daniel O'Connell; the 19th Century Irish Political leader stands at the centre of The Crescent overlooking O'Connell Street.

In 2012 the church was bought by a new religious order known as the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest who hope to restore the church.

Thomas R. Limerick

On August 23, 1934 the gang robbed a National Guard Armory, and between October and November of that year, robbed large banks in Hawarden, Iowa, Dell Rapids, South Dakota and Superior, Nebraska.

Thomondgate

In times past the district was located at an important portal from the west of Ireland and the then Kingdom of Thomond (now County Clare) into the ancient City of Limerick, which was then confined to the Englishtown area of the city.

William Southwell

He was the third son of Richard Southwell of Castle Matrix, Co. Limerick, and his wife Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin.


see also

Ressad

Edel Bhreathnach, "The cultural and political milieu of the deposition and manufacture of the hoard discovered at Reerasta Rath, Ardagh, Co. Limerick", in Mark Redknap (ed.), Pattern and Purpose in Insular Art.