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Limerick (Capital of Limerick co)

capital of Limerick co., The town consists of English Town, the original English settlement made in the reign of King John, on King's Island; Irish Town, which lies immediately to the S., on the left bank of the river, and city, dating from 1769. There are few Newtown-Pery, to the S. of Irish Town, objects of interest except the Protestant city, dating from 1769. There are few cathedral of St. Mary, founded in 1180, and rebuilt in 1490; the Roman Catholic cathedral, a Gothic structure erected in 1860; and the fine bridges across the Shannon. Pop. about 26,000.