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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
Ní léir brí an ainm. Tá áiteacha éagsúla den ainm ar fud na tíre (agus iad béarlaithe mar Limnagh, Luimnagh, Lumnagh agus Limerick). Dar le P.W. Joyce, "Luimneach ... signifies a bare or barren spot of land" (The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places II) agus lean údair áirithe ó shin é, ach féach A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.n. luimnech: 'cloaked, mantled', 'shielded' (lumman). Sa dinnseanchas (The Metrical Dindsenchas III 274) féachtar leis an ainm a mhíniú ar shlite éagsúla, á cheangal go háirithe leis na focail luimnigthe, 'cloaked' agus luimnechda, 'shielded'. Deirtear (m.sh. Onomasticon Goedelicum 508 agus Mac Spealáin, Aos Trí Muighe 20) gur d'inbhear na Sionainne a thagair an t-ainm ar dtús
- English
Meaning unclear. There are various places of the name throughout the country (anglicised as Limnagh, Luimnagh, Lumnagh and Limerick). P.W. Joyce suggested that "Luimneach ... signifies a bare or barren spot of land" (The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places II), and some later authorities have since followed this explanation; see, however, A Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) s.n. luimnech: 'cloaked, mantled', 'shielded' (lumman). The dinnseanchas (The Metrical Dindsenchas III 274) attempted to explain the name in several ways, associating it in particular with the words luimnigthe ('cloaked') and luimnechda ('shielded'). The name is said elsewhere (m.sh. Onomasticon Goedelicum 508 agus Mac Spealáin, Aos Trí Muighe 20) to have originally referred to the Shannon estuary.
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1707c |
Luimineach
"Limrick .i. Luimineach no áit no talamh lóm gan féar no fothuin"
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Liosta Lhwyd Leathanach: 272
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1712–30 |
lomaineach
"Limericum ... the Town of Limerick. lomaineach; from lomain .i. a Shield"
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1725c |
Luimneach
"(co.) Luimnidh ... (rí-phort) Luimneach"
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