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'''Limerick''' ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Luimneach: Lom na nEach - the bare place - i.e. open ground - of the horses'') is a city and the county seat of [[County Limerick]] in the [[province]] of [[Munster]], in the midwest of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The city lies on the [[River Shannon]], with three main crossing points near the city centre.
The population of Limerick including the immediate suburbs and environs is [http://www.limerickcorp.ie/devplan/CityBExt/Tables.pdf 93,321] (based on the 2002 census carried out by the [[Central Statistics Office of Ireland|CSO]]), which would rank it as the third biggest city in the [[Republic of Ireland]]; however, the official population of the city itself according to the city boundary laws is 52,560, according to the most recent census of 2006. This figure has remained virtually unchanged for 25 years{{fact}}, and places it as the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland after [[Dublin]], [[Cork]] and [[Galway]], and the fifth largest urban area on the island of Ireland (after [[Dublin]], [[Belfast]], [[Cork]] and [[Derry]]).
Limerick is at the centre of the Midwest region which contributes €8.224 billion (2002) towards Irish GDP. It is situated 195 km west of Dublin and is equidistant at 105 km from the cities of Cork to the south and [[Galway city|Galway]] to the north.
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