Luimneach

Limerick's provable history begins around 812 CE when Vikings established a settlement on King's Island in the River Shannon, though earlier settlements may have occupied the site. The Norse made it a major trading centre, rivalling Dublin, until Brian Boru's forces defeated Ivar of Limerick in the 10th century. The Normans arrived in 1173, and King Richard I granted Limerick its charter in 119...