placenamesLimerick City
Cathair Luimnigh
The 1841 census records transfers to neighbouring baronies outside the municipal boundary.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Cathair Luimnigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Limerick City · English · main form
Place & story
A changed administrative geography
The 1841 Census of Ireland explains that rural parts of the former county of the city of Limerick had been transferred to Clanwilliam and Pubblebrien baronies. The change followed the municipal boundary: land outside it was reassigned. Derrygalvin, Donaghmore and Kilmurry parishes went to Clanwilliam, together with portions of several other parishes. Parts of Mungret, Killeely and other parishes went to Pubblebrien. This recorded alteration helps distinguish the earlier city jurisdiction, with its rural liberties, from the smaller municipal territory represented in the city’s census tables. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Limerick City. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland for 1841: City of Limerick, general table boundary note, page 207 · Census of Ireland; digitised by the Central Statistics Office
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.