BROWSE
barony
Cathair Luimnigh
genitive: Chathair Luimnigh
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Limerick City
(English)

Hierarchy

county

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 numerous places of the same name across the country (anglicized as Limnagh, Luimnagh, Lumnagh and Limerick). According to P.W. Joyce, "Luimneach ... signifies a bare or barren spot of land" (The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places II); this suggestion has been followed by some later writers (but see A Dictionary of the Irish Language [www.dil.ie] s.n. luimnech: 'cloaked, mantled', 'shielded' (lumman)). The onomastic literature (The Metrical Dindsenchas III 274) attempted to explain the name in a number of ways, connecting it in particular to luimnigthe (‘cloaked') and luimnechda (‘shielded'). It is said elsewhere (e.g. Onomasticon Goedelicum 508 and Mac Spealáin, Aos Trí Muighe 20) that the name originally referred to the mouth of the Shannon

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