Hotels Limerick

Hotels Limerick

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County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh in Irish) is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east. The River Shannon flows through the city of Limerick and into the Atlantic Ocean at the north of the county. Below the city, the waterway is known as the Shannon Estuary. Because the estuary is shallow, the county's most important port is several kilometres west of Limerick city, at Foynes.

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It is thought that man had established himself in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC. The arrival of the Celts around 400 BC brought about the division of the county into petty kingdoms or túatha.

Christianity came to Limerick in the 5th Century, and resulted in the establishment of important monasteries in Limerick, at Ardpatrick, Mungret and Kileedy. From this golden age in Ireland of learning and art (5th - 9th Centuries) comes one of Ireland's greatest artefacts, The Ardagh Chalice, a masterpiece of metalwork, which was found in a west Limerick fort in 1868.

The arrival of the Vikings in the 9th century brought about the establishment of the city on an island on the River Shannon in 922. The death of Donal Mór O'Brien, King of Munster in 1194 resulted in the invading Normans taking control of Limerick, and in 1210, the County of Limerick was formally established. Over time, the Normans became "more Irish than the Irish themselves" as the saying goes. The Tudors in England wanted to curb the power of these Gaelicised Norman Rulers and centralise all power in their hands, so they established colonies of English in the county. This caused the leading Limerick Normans, The Geraldines, to revolt against English Rule in 1569. This sparked a savage war in Munster known as the Desmond Rebellions, during which the province was laid to waste, and the confiscation of the vast estates of the Geraldines.

The county was to be further ravaged by war over the next century. After the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Limerick city was taken in a siege by Catholic general Garret Barry in 1642. The county was not fought over for most of the Irish Confederate Wars, of 1641-53, being safely behind the front lines of the Catholic Confederate Ireland. However it became a battleground during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649-53. The invasion of the forces of Oliver Cromwell in the 1650s included a twelve month siege of the city by Cromwell's New Model Army led by Henry Ireton. The city finally surrendered in October 1651. During the Jacobite-Williamite War (1689-1691) the city was to endure two further sieges, one in 1690 and another in 1691. It was during the 1690 siege that the infamous destruction of the Williamite guns at Ballyneety, near Pallasgreen was carried out by the heroic defender of Limerick, General Patrick Sarsfield The Catholic Irish, comprising the vast majority of the population, had eagerly supported the Jacobite cause, however, the second siege of Limerick resulted in a defeat to the Williamites. Sarsfield managed to force the Williamites to sign the Treaty of Limerick, the terms of which were satisfactory to the Irish. However the Treaty was subsequently dishonoured by the English and the city became known as the City of the Broken Treaty.

The 18th and 19th centuries saw a long period of persecution against the Catholic majority, many of who lived in poverty. In spite of this oppression, however, the famous Maigue Poets strove to keep alive their ancient Gaelic Poetry in towns like Croom and Bruree. The Great Famine of the 1840s set in motion mass emigration and a huge decline in Irish as a spoken language in the county. This began to change around the beginning of the 20th century, as changes in law from the British Government enabled the farmers of the county to purchase lands they had previously only held as tenants, paying high rent to absentee landlords.

Limerick saw much fighting during the War of Independence of 1919 to 1921 particularly in the east of the county. The subsequent Irish Civil War saw bitter fighting between the newly established Irish Free State soldiers and IRA "Irregulars", especially in the city. However Limerick, and indeed all of Ireland has overcome the lows of the Civil War to become the prosperous place it is today.

County Limerick is the green heartland of Munster and one possible explanation of its Irish name Luimneach (the flat area) certainly makes sense when compared with the rest of the province. Especially in the east, the land consist mostly of a fertile limestone plain, which is ringed by mountains on its borders; The Slieve Felims, The Galtees (Na Gaibhlte) and the Ballyhoura Mountains. The highest point in County Limerick is Galtymore, on the border with County Tipperary in the far south-east corner of the county. However it would be wrong to say that the county is a monotonous plain, for the county is dotted with hills and ridges. This eastern part of the county is the heartland of the Golden Vale, the rich, verdant fields famous for their dairy produce. Towards the west, the aptly named Mullaghareirk Mountains ("Mullach na Radhairc" in Irish, roughly meaning mountains of the view) push across the county offering dramatic views east over the county and west into County Kerry.

Volcanic rock is to be found in numerous areas in the county, at Carrigogunnell, at Knockfierna, and principally at Pallasgreen/Kilteely in the east, which has been described as the most compact and for its size one of the most varied and complete carboniferous volcanic districts in either Britain and Ireland.

County Limerick is drained principally by the Rivers Mulkear, Loobagh, Maigue, Deel and the Feale, which are all, ultimately, tributaries of the River Shannon. The Shannon Estuary forms the northern boundary of the county, giving Limerick a navigable outlet to the sea, the principal ports being Limerick and Foynes

Towns and villages in the couty include or have included

Abbeyfeale (Mainistir na Féile)
Adare (Áth Dara)
Annacotty (Áth an Choite)
Ardagh (Árdach)
Ardpatrick (Árd Pádraig)
Askeaton (Eas Géitine)
Athea (Áth an tSléibhe)
Athlacca (An tÁth Leacach)
Ballingarry (Baile An Gharraí)
Ballyagran (Béal Átha Grean)
Ballyneety (Baile an Fhaoitigh)
Ballyhahill (Baile Dhá Thuile)
Ballylanders (Baile an Londraigh)
Ballysteen (Baile Stiabhana)
Broadford (Baile An Atha)
Bruff (Brú na nDéise)
Bruree (Brú Rí)
Caherconlish (Cathair Chinn Lis)
Cappamore (An Cheapach Mhór)
Carrigkerry (Carraig Chiarraí)
Castleconnell (Caisleán Uí Chonaill)
Castlemahon (Caisleán Maí Tamhnach)'(or Mahoonagh - Maigh Tamhnach) '
Castletown (Baile an Chaisleáin)
Clarina (Clár Aidhne)
Crecora (Craobh Chumhra)
Croagh (An Chruach)
Croom (Cromadh)
Dromcolliher (Drom Collachair)
Doon (Dún Bleisce)
Effin (Eithbhinn)
Elton (?)
Fedamore (Feadamair)
Feenagh (Fíonach)
Feohanagh (Feothanach)
Foynes (Faing)
Galbally (Gallbhaile)
Garryspillane (Garraí Uí Spealáin)
Glin (Gleann Chorbrai)
Glenroe (An Gleann Rua)
Herbertstown (Cathair Fuinse)
Hospital (An tOspidéal)
Kilbehenny (Coill Beithne)
Kilcornan (Cill Churnáin)
Kildimo (Cill Díoma)
Kileedy (Cill Íde)
Kilfinane (Cill Fhionáin)
Kilfinny (Cill Fíodhnaí)
Kilmallock (Cill Mocheallóg)
Kilmeedy (Cill Míde)
Kilteely-Dromkeen (Cill Tíle - Drom Caoin)
Knockaderry (Cnoc an Doire)
Knocklong (Cnoc Loinge)
Limerick (Luimneach)
Loughill (Leamhchoill)
Monagea (Móin na nGé)
Mountcollins (Chnoc Uí Chóileáin)
Mungret (Mungairit)
Murroe (Maigh Rua)
Newcastle West (An Caisleán Nua Thiar)
Oola (Úbhla)
Pallasgreen (Pailís Ghréine)
Pallaskenry (Pailís Chaonraí)
Patrickswell (Tobar Phádraig)
Raheen (Ráithín)
Rathkeale (Ráth Caola)
Shanagolden (Seanghualainn)
Templeglantine (Teampall an Ghleanntáin)
Tournafulla (Tuar na Fola}

Tourist attractions in County Limerick include or have included ; Adare, Adare Manor, Castle Oliver, Clare Glens, Curraghchase Forest Park, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Glin-Estuary Drive, Glenstal Abbey, King John's Castle, Lough Gur

Limerick is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of Ireland. Luimneach originally referred to the general area along the banks of the Shannon Estuary, which was known as Loch Luimnigh. The earliest settlement in the city Inis Sibhtonn was the original name in the annals for King's Island during the pre-Viking and Viking eras. This island was also called Inis an Ghaill Duibh The Dark(haired) Foreigner's Island.

The city itself dates from at least the Viking settlement in 812. The Normans redesigned the city in the 12th century and added much of the most notable architecture, such as King John's Castle and St Mary's Cathedral. During the civil wars of the 17th century, the city played a pivotal role, besieged by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 and twice by the Williamites in the 1690s. Limerick grew rich through trade in the late 18th century, but the Act of Union in 1800, and the famine caused a crippling economic decline broken only by the so-called Celtic Tiger in the 1990s.

The Waterford and Limerick Railway linked the city to the Dublin-Cork main line in 1848 and to Waterford in 1853. The opening of a number of secondary railways in the 1850s and 1860s developed Limerick as a regional centre of communications. Limerick is at the centre of the Midwest region. It is situated 195 km west of Dublin and is equidistant at 105 km from the cities of Cork to the south and Galway to the north.

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