Limerick
Videos
Limerick is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 102,287 at the 2022
From top, left to right: People's Park, St. Mary's Cathedral, Riverpoint, Daniel O'Connell Monument, Georgian architecture at Pery Square, King John's Castle
King John's Castle on the River Shannon
Cannock's Department Store on O'Connell Street in the early 20th Century
City arms on a manhole cover
Limerick (poetry)
Videos
A limerick is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with
Limerick
…The Richard Harris International Film Festival is held every October. A limerick is a type of humorous verse of five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme: the poem's connection with the city is obscure, but the name is generally taken…
A limerick displayed on a plaque in the city of Limerick, Ireland
An illustration of the fable of Hercules and the Wagoner by Walter Crane in the limerick collection "Baby's Own Aesop" (1887)
A Book of Nonsense (ca. 1875 James Miller edition) by Edward Lear