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and they yet (177S) prcferve their language, but that is 

 declining. They are very ipclultrious, and in confcquence 

 are much happier, and better fed, clothed, and lodged, than 

 the Iridi peafants. We mud not however conclude from 

 thence, that all is owing to this; their being independent of 

 other farmers, and having leafes, are circumftances which 

 will create indiillry. 1'hoir crops arc much better than thofe 

 of their neighbours. There are three villages of them, 

 about 70 families in all. For fome time after they fettled, 

 thev fed upon four crout, but by degrees left it off, and 

 took to potatoes ; but now Uiblill upon tliem and butter 

 and milk, but with a. great deal of oat bread, and fome 

 of wheat, fome meat and fowls, of which they raife many. 

 They have all offices to their iioufcs, that is, llables and cow- 

 houfes, and a lodge for their ploughs, 5:c. They keep their 

 cows in the houfe in winter, feeding tiiem upon hay and oat 

 flraw. They are remarkable for the goodncfs and c'.eanlinefs 

 of their houfes. The women are very indullrious, reap 

 the corn, plough the ground fomctimcs, and do whatever 

 ■work may be going on ; they alfo fpiii, and make their chil- 

 dren do the fame." Tlie late Silver Oliver, efq. of Gallic 

 Olirer, planted another colony, taken froin this firll, of about 

 66 families, amounting to 700 Protellants, on his ellate, and 

 of thefe Mr, Young gives a funilar account. But with 

 thefe exceptions, the hulbandry of the county of Limerick 

 is perhaps the work in Munfler, which is attributed to the 

 natural richnefs of the foil, and to the greater prevalence of 

 the grazing fyftem. Mr. Young fays, that the rich land 

 reaches from Charleville, at the foot of the mountains, to 

 Tippcrary by Kilfenning, a Ime of 25 miles, and acrofs 

 from Ardpetuch to within four miles of Limerick 16 miles. 

 BrufF, Kilmallock, and Hofpital liave very good land abo«it 

 them ; the quantity in the whole coujeftured to be 100,000 

 acres. This is chiefly under bullocks. The /corceffcs on 

 the Shannon are from two to three miles broad. There is 

 alfo a light hme-llone land, for flieep and cows. Mr. Young, 

 fpeaking of the land near Caftle Oliver, in the rich dilhicT:, 

 fays, "it is a rich, mellow, crumbling, putrid, Hindy loam, 

 18 inches to three feet deep, the colour a reddilh-brown. 

 It is dry found land, and would do for turnips exceedingly 

 well, for carrot?, for cabbages, in a word for every thing. 

 I think, upon ihe whole, it is the richell foil I ever fa*, and 

 fuch as is applicable to every purpofe you can wilh ; it will 

 fat the largeit bullock, and at the fame time do equally well 

 for (heep, for tillage, for turnips, for wheat, far beans, and 

 in a word for every crop and circumlbince of profitable 

 hufhandry." After fome other particulars he concludes 

 thus : " The face of the country is that of defolation ; the 

 grounds are over-ruii with thiftles, ragwort, &c. to excels ; 

 the fences are mounds of earth, full of gaps ; there is no 

 wood, and the general countenance is fuch that you muft 

 examine into the foil before you will believe that a country, 

 which has fo beggarly an appearance, c;ui be fo rich and fer- 

 tile." Thefe remarks were written above 30 years ago, and 

 improvement has fince taken place, but they are ftill too ap- 

 plicable. Limerick is reprefented in the imperial parliament 

 by three members, two for the county, and one for the city. 

 This county has not yet had a llatiftical account of it pub- 

 lifhed. Beaufort. Young. 



Li.MERicic, a city of Ireland, capital of the county 

 of the fame name, llrongly fituated on the river Shan- 

 non, on an ifland in which it is partly built. It is a 

 pod-town, and is reprefented in parliament. The new port, 

 which is conncited with the old city by a bridge, is called 

 Newtown Pery, from the Pery family, the head of which 

 is now earl of Limerick, whofe ellate it is. The buildiiic;s 

 are of brick, large, and uniform, fo that vfhilft the. old 



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town has a very ruinous appearance, this port will bear 

 comparifon with the bed dreets in almod any other city, 

 except v.-hcre public buildings contribute to ornament them. 

 The public buildings are not many, or deferving of much 

 notice. The cuftom-houfe is a plain building. The ca- 

 thedral is an ancient and venerable pile. The biflisp's pa- 

 lace is a comfortable modern houfe at the wed end of the 

 city. The corporation of Limerick is what may be called 

 a clofe one, as no perfon can be become a freeman, except 

 by favour of the courcil ; freeholders, however, can vote 

 at the election of members of parliament. The magiftrates 

 are a niavor, two Iheriffs, a recorder, a town-c erk, alder- 

 men and burgelTes ; it hath alfo a military governor, con- 

 ftable and town major, and is tlie relidence of the general 

 commanding a dillriA. The population probably exceeds 

 50,000. The trade of Limerick is very extenfive, and is 

 rapidly increafing. Its export of corn is perhaps the greateil 

 in Ireland, and its corn-market is very convenient. It muft 

 more and more derive benefit from tiie canal connecling the 

 Sliannon with the Llffey. There are fix churches, a Pref- 

 byterian meeting houfe, a Methodill meetinghoufe, a Qua- 

 kers' meeting-hoiife, and fc-veral chapirls for Roman Citlio'ic, 

 who form the greateil part of the population. I'here are 

 alfo fome charitable inftilutioni well attended to, and a pub- 

 he library, lately inililuted. The inhabitants are reckoned 

 gay and fond of fociety, and public amufements are in ge- 

 neral well fupportcd. Limerick, being naturally a city of 

 drength, and formerly well fortiiied by art, has always been 

 deemed a place of conliderable importance. In 1651 it w:,s 

 taken by Ireton, in the fervice of the parli iinjut, after a 

 vigorous fiege. In 1690, it was unfuccefafully befieijed by 

 king William in perfon. In 1691, it furrendered to general 

 Ginkle, afterwards earl of Atliloue, on terms of capitula- 

 tion very advantageous to the belieged, and all who pro- 

 feir?d the Roman Catholic religion, which are called the 

 articks of Limerick. Limerick is 94 Inlh miles S.W. from 

 Dublin. Beaufort, Young-, Carhde. 



LlMRUlCK, a bidioprie of Ireland, in the ecclefiadical 

 province of Calhel, uni'ed to the b.ftioprics of Ardfert' and 

 Aghadoe, in the vear 1663. The two latter have been 

 lonj;- incorporated fo as to form but one diocefe ; the dignity 

 of archdeacon, and the ruined walls of aclnircli with around 

 tower, are all the memorials of the bidiopric of Aghadoe that 

 now remain. The whole union comprehends great part of the 

 county of Limerick, the whole of Kerry, and a few pariihes 

 in the counties of Cork and Clare. There are in all 176 pa- 

 riflies, which are uiiiied fo as to form 88 benefices, and of 

 thefe only 47 have churches, and 14 glebe houfes. It is to 

 be remembered, however, that the population is not Pro- 

 tedant. Beaufort. 



Limerick, a pod-town of America, in York county 

 and date of Maine, near the confluence of Ofiipee river 

 with Saco, and oppofite to Gorham ; incorporated in 



1787, and containing 995 inhabitants Alfo, a townfhip 



in Montgomery county, PenufyK-ania, containing 999 in- 

 habitants. 



LIMESOL, Li.M.vssor,, or Li.mi.sso, a town of the 

 idand of Cyprus, formerly Ncmofia, is now in a miferable 

 date, abounding with ruins and rubbifh. Its harbour, how- 

 ever, is not a little frequented ; here veflcls are loaded with 

 grain, cotton, and other produftions of the foil. The belt 

 Cyprus wines are made in its environs, and it is the em- 

 porium of all thofe of the iiland who are concerned in trade. 

 Not far from this town, if it delervcs that appellation, 

 ftood the ancient " Limaffol," whi^jh lUll, at a period of 

 remoltr antiquity, was called yimathus, celebrated for a 

 temple eonfecratcd to Vcnu3 and Adonis, in which was 



preferved, 



