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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Limerick

Carriogogunnell Castle, Limerick, Ireland by TacticalTemplar
Carrigogunnell Castle, County Limerick, © 2009, TacticalTemplar
COUNTY LIMERICK

Irish Name: Luimneach
Nickname: The Treaty County
Motto: Cuimhnigh ar Luimneach (Remember Limerick)
County Town: Limerick
Province: Munster
Region: Mid-West

Tartan: The County Limerick tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in green, brown, and blue, with bright gold and maroon accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Tartan

County Limerick Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Ahern, Collins, Fitzgerald, Hayes, Lynch, McNamara, Moloney, Murphy, O'Brien, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Ryan, Sullivan, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Fitzgerald, Hannon, Kelly, Lynch, Madigan, McCarthy, Murphy, Naughton, O'Donnell, O'Shaughnessy, Quinn, Ryan, Shanahan, Walsh

Next page: County Londonderry

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Limerick tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Carrigogunnell Castle, County Limerick, Ireland, 2009, TacticalTemplar, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of County Limerick
Location of County Limerick
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