The Little Book of Limerick

Did you know? - At least 189,429 Limerick residents migrated from Ireland between 1851 and 1911. - A Limerick man, George Geary Bennis, saved the life of King Louis Phillipe of France during a street fracas in 1848. For this he was awarded the title of 'Chevalier'. - The last Limerick woman hanged was Annie Walsh, who was executed on 5 August 1925 after being found guilty of murdering her husba...