Similar to the cities of Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Waterford — Dublin is administered separately from its respective County with its own City Council.

Ireland's roads link Dublin with all the major cities ( Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Derry, Galway, and Waterford ).

Areas of the cities of Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Derry and Waterford were carved from their surrounding counties to become county boroughs in their own right and given powers equivalent to those of administrative counties.

Cities which, in the Republic, are currently administered outside the county system, but with the same legal status as administrative counties, are not shown separately: these are Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

The Vikings conducted extensive raids in Ireland and founded the cities of Waterford, Cork, Dublin and Limerick.

The Vikings also established longphorts in Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Wexford.

In addition " County Tipperary " is actually two administrative counties, called North Tipperary and South Tipperary while the major urban centres Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford have been separated from the town and rural areas of their counties.

It borders four other counties: Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, South Tipperary to the north-east and Waterford to the east.

By the 9th century the Gaels had been joined by Norse Vikings who founded towns such as Cork, Waterford and Limerick, for the most part incorporated into a maritime empire by the Dynasty of Ivar, who periodically would threaten Munster with conquest in the next century.

The Waterford and Limerick Railway linked the city to the Dublin-Cork railway line in 1848 and to Waterford in 1853.

* WLWR Class C5, a Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway Irish steam locomotive

* Nine teams contest the second-tier Jack McGrath Cup ( All Ireland intermediate championship ): Antrim, Derry, Limerick, Waterford and the second teams of Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Wexford.

The main N24 road from Limerick to Waterford passes through the town and the town of Tipperary is located 12 kilometres south-east of Oola.

It should be remembered that the High King had ' Vikings ' in his army as well ; mainly the Hiberno-Norse of Limerick ( and probably those of Waterford, Wexford, and Cork as well ), but, according to some sources, a rival gang of Norse mercenaries from the Isle of Man.

In the last decade of the 8th century, Norse raiders began attacking targets in Ireland and, beginning in the mid-9th century, these raiders established the fortified camps that later grew into Ireland's first cities: Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, and Cork.

* Munster, the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford

Nearby larger cities include Waterford south-southeast, Limerick west and Dublin northeast.

The County is also served by the trains connecting the Dublin to Munster, South Leinster, and South Connaught, with daily connections to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway.

This connects Kildare with Waterford, Dublin, Limerick and Athlone.

The N18 road links the county to Ennis and Galway while the N24 continues south eastwards from Limerick towards Waterford.

Tipperary also has a number or railway stations situated on the Dublin to Cork, Dublin to Limerick and Limerick to Waterford rail lines.

Similar laws were passed for Limerick in 1934 and Waterford in 1939 under the Fianna Fáil Government.

For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the Dublin to Cork N8, and the Limerick to Waterford N24.

Two grade separated junctions allow access to Limerick city at Annacotty via the R445 and at Ballysimon via the N24.

Along this section of the M7 there is a fly-over for the N24 Limerick to Waterford road at junction 29.

Two grade separated junctions allow access to Limerick city at Annacotty via the R445 and at Ballysimon via the N24.

• N24 & 25 to Cork, Limerick, etc.

The town is connected to Limerick and Waterford by the N24 road and a rail link.

The town is situated on the N24 route between Limerick City and Waterford City.

* link = R504 road ( Ireland ) – Cashel, County Tipperary – N24 near Limerick

* link = R527 road – Former N24 ( Limerick – Ballysimon, County Limerick )

Until the opening of the M7 Southern Ring Road ( a dual-carriageway running further from the city linking the M7, N18, M20 / N21 and N24 roads ), the Childers road carried traffic attempting to skirt past Limerick between these routes, in addition to city traffic to and between the various suburbs along the route ( e. g. between Castletroy and Raheen ).

Pallasgreen or Pallasgrean () is a village in East County Limerick, situated on the Limerick – Tipperary N24 road.

The N24 road is a national primary road in Ireland forming a route from Limerick to Waterford, running through County Tipperary and passing Tipperary Town, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel.

The M7 motorway crosses the north of the county through Roscrea and Nenagh and the M8 motorway bisects the county from north of Two-Mile Borris to the County Limerick border.

The Black Bridge in the grounds of Plassey House crosses the Shannon from Limerick ( Mill side ) into County Clare.

In 1826 the family moved to Abington, County Limerick, where Le Fanu's father Thomas took up his second rectorship in southern Ireland.

It received it name from the fact that many of its settlers had previously lived in Limerick in York County at the southern end of the state, which in turn was probably named after the Irish city of Limerick.

The N20 Carew park link road was closed permanently to inbound traffic from both the M7 and M20 in June 2010 to facilitate phase 2 of the Limerick southern ring road project.

The N20 Carew park link road was closed permanently to inbound traffic from both the M7 and M20 in June 2010 to facilitate phase 2 of the Limerick southern ring road project.

The navigable section of water from the southern end of the Killaloe Canal to World's End, Castleconnell, was linked to Limerick via the Errina to Plassey canal.

Foynes () is a village and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary.

In times past, the ancient city of Limerick itself was entirely contained on the southern most part of the island known as Englishtown, as a walled city.

The medieval city of Limerick is largely concentrated on the southern section of Kings Island known as Englishtown and south of the Abbey river in an area known as Irishtown, just to the north of the present day city center.

They connect the northern bank of the river, and County Clare, to the southern bank and County Limerick.

Limerick Rowing Club was founded in 1870 and has a simpler structure on the southern side.

It was located in the western and southern part of County Limerick.

The supporters of his southern rival, Muirchertach Ua Briain of Munster, disagreed, and said a High King " without opposition " should control three great port cities of Ireland: Dublin, Waterford, and Limerick, cities over which Muirchertach exercised some control.