The famous cities of Ireland . pper. CHAPTER VJI LIMERICK Just as at Derry the mind, instead of travellingvaguely over a varied range of associations, fliesinstantly to one dramatic moment in the processionof the centuries, so, too, the very name of Limerickcalls up one turning point in history. Derry standsfor Derry Walls; Limerick for the Bridge of theBroken Treaty. At Derry, indeed, there is not much else for themind to dwell on, but very difl^erent is the case withLimerick. Like all the great seaports of the Southand West it first became of note when Danes settledthemselves on the island a
The famous cities of Ireland . pper. CHAPTER VJI LIMERICK Just as at Derry the mind, instead of travellingvaguely over a varied range of associations, fliesinstantly to one dramatic moment in the processionof the centuries, so, too, the very name of Limerickcalls up one turning point in history. Derry standsfor Derry Walls; Limerick for the Bridge of theBroken Treaty. At Derry, indeed, there is not much else for themind to dwell on, but very difl^erent is the case withLimerick. Like all the great seaports of the Southand West it first became of note when Danes settledthemselves on the island at the head of the Shannontideway and beside the lowest of the rapids. Beforetheir coming, Luimneach seems to have been thename generally given to the Shannons estuary; afterthey had fixed their settlement, the name localiseditself to the island stronghold defended on the eastby the Kings River, a kind of loop or branch cuttingoff this jutting stretch of meadow, round which, tothe westward, curves the main body of the great 194.
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