Limerick

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city settlement

Limerick is a historic city in western Ireland known for its medieval architecture, riverside setting on the River Shannon, and rich cultural and literary heritage.

Aliases (1)

Limerick, Ireland ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → settlement →
administrativeStatus	city and county →
areaCode	+353 61 →
continent	Europe →
country	Ireland →
foundedBy	Vikings →
governingBody	Limerick City and County Council →
hasAirportNearby	Shannon Airport →
hasCityStatusSince	1898 →
hasCulturalEvent	Limerick Literary Festival → Riverfest Limerick →
hasDistrict	Englishtown → Irishtown → Newtown Pery →
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (Limerick campus) →
hasLandmark	Hunt Museum → King John’s Castle → Limerick City Gallery of Art → Milk Market → People’s Park → Sarsfield Bridge NERFINISHED → St Mary’s Cathedral → TUS Gaelic Grounds → The Treaty Stone → Thomond Bridge → Thomond Park Stadium →
hasMedievalQuarter	King's Island →
hasRailwayStation	Limerick Colbert railway station →
hasUniversity	Mary Immaculate College → University of Limerick →
historicalFoundationCentury	9th century →
knownFor	Georgian architecture → literary heritage → medieval architecture → riverside setting → rugby culture → traditional Irish music →
literaryWorkSetIn	Angela’s Ashes →
locatedIn	County Limerick → province of Munster →
locatedOnRiver	River Abbey → River Fergus (estuary proximity) → River Shannon →
notableWriterAssociated	Frank McCourt →
partOf	Mid-West Region of Ireland →
population	approximately 100000 (city proper, early 2020s) →
postalCodePrefix	V94 →
sportsTeam	Limerick GAA (county teams based in city and county) → Munster Rugby (home city) → Treaty United F.C. →
timeZone	Western European Time →
timeZoneDST	Irish Standard Time →
treatySigned	Treaty of Limerick (1691) →
twinCity	Hildesheim → New Brunswick, New Jersey → Quimper → Spokane →
urbanAreaPopulation	over 160000 (early 2020s) →
wasNationalCityOfCulture	2014 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Limerick (1651) → Siege of Limerick (1690–1691) →	location
Munster →	containsCounty
River Shannon →	flowsThrough
Santa Clara →	hasSisterCity
Munster →	historicalCapital
Munster →	majorCity
Elizabeth Anscombe →	placeOfBirth
Henry Ireton ("Limerick, Ireland") →	placeOfDeath