History of Limerick
The Vikings caried out their exploits in Limerick in 922 AD, navigating up the River Shannon and establishing the foundation of modern-day Limerick (Self Catering, Limerick, Ireland) City. After a century of continual warfare, the Vikings were defeated by the indigenous Irish, under the command of High King Brian Boru. Over the next century, Limerick suffered form internal wars among the Irish clans, which lasted until the overpowering forces of the Anglo-Normans conquered the area.
Co. Limerick
The whole northern boundary of Co. Limerick (Holiday Cottages, Limerick, Ireland) is formed by the Shannon, mostly by its broad, lake-like estuary- The spacious Shenan spreading like a sea, as Spenser describes it. The greater part of the area, particularly the north, is low, with extensive limestone pasture-lands. Round the other three sides-west, south, and north-the county is fringed with hills, which attain their greatest elevation in the south-east, where the boundary passes over the summit of Graltymore (3015 ft.). As a result of this grouping of the higher grounds, the drainage of the county is all northward across the plain to the Shannon.
Limerick (Holiday Homes, Limerick, Ireland), a very ancient city, stands on the Shannon at the point where the river becomes tidal, on the site of an important ford ; the original Luimneach or Limnagh stood on Kings Island, guarding the ford, and itself safe from sudden attack. In the eighteenth century, before the construction of railways diverted the lines of traffic, this was a very busy town and port; but, like many of the western towns, Limerick prodigious, That stands with quays and bridges, And the ships up to the windys Of the Shannon shore, has now somewhat declined in relative importance; but it is still a busy place well supplied with railways, and the distributing centre for a very large district. There is a steamer service down the Shannon to its mouth. The other towns within the county are much smaller: Rathkeale and Newcastle, both lying towards the west, are the most important.