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limerick Name Meaning and History

Irish: presumably a habitational name for someone from the city of Limerick in Ireland, although habitational surnames are unusual in Ireland.

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limerick Family Facts

Distribution of limerick Families in the US in 1920
Number of limerick families
 15-27
 6-14
 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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