Limerick

Ireland / Limerick /
Limerick (Irish: Luimneach: Lom na nEach - he bare place - i.e. open ground - of the horses) is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of the Republic of Ireland. The city lies on the River Shannon, with three main crossing points near the city centre.

The city dates from at least the Viking settlement in 812, but study suggests the presence of earlier settlements in the area. 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 1850's and 1860's developed Limerick as a regional centre of communications.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick
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Coordinates:   52°39'9"N   8°36'8"W

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  • High in altitude, enjoying a bounteous share of sunshine and pure air, Limerick is a real gem of nature, blessed with one of nature’s perfect settings. Near at hand are little ranges of high hills, and around and about such entrancing woods patches as only Maine possesses, broken by the well tilled land, verdant fields, tiny lakes, riverlets and ponds.
  • There once was a man from Nantucket Whose d**k was so long he could suck it As he wiped off his chin, He said with a grin, "If my a*s was a c*nt I would F*ck it" Now thats a Limerick.
  • no shit is this a bad place to go??? im meant to be heading there in sep 08??
  • is daycint man just carry protection an u should be grand sham
  • Limericks grand man. Don't worry about it. Stick to well lit areas and avoid dark alleys same as any city.
  • all ireland is a shit hole
  • Ireland rockssssssssssssssssssss
  • its closing down soon 'cos we can't afford the rates anymore! If you need a free car park this is where its going to be...we don't need ideas like public seating, water fountains,level footpaths to walk on, interesting landscapes for tourists,regular city imaginery festivals,incentives for unique and interesting variety of shops and places to go day and nite without huge cost ... all we want is work for city planners to waste their time on and city managers that travel the world with their eyes closed bringing back nothing but memories!HELLO out there... LETS PUT TARGETS ON THESE PARASITES before the city sinks forever!
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