Editing County Limerick (section)

==Culture==
In 2014, Limerick became Ireland's inaugural National City of Culture, with a wide variety of artistic and cultural events occurring at various locations around the city. The Limerick City Gallery of Art on Pery Square is the city's chief venue for contemporary art exhibitions. Theatres include the Limetree Theatre, Mary I; the University Concert Hall and the Millennium Theatre, LIT all in the city. Others include the Friar's Gate in [[Kilmallock]] and the Honey Fitz in Lough Gur. The city has an active music scene, which has produced bands such as [[The Cranberries]]. The Limerick Art Gallery, the [[Limerick School of Art and Design]], and [[Ormston House]] cater for painting, sculpture and performance art of all styles.

Limerick is also home to comedians [[The Rubberbandits]], [[D'Unbelievables]] (Pat Shortt and Jon Kenny) and Karl Spain. Its most famous acting son is [[Richard Harris]]. The city is the setting for Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes and the film adaptation. A limerick is a type of humorous verse of five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme: the poem's connection with the city is obscure, but the name is generally taken to be a reference to Limerick city or County Limerick, sometimes particularly to the Maigue Poets who were based in [[Croom]] and its environs, and may derive from an earlier form of nonsense verse parlour game that traditionally included a refrain that included "Will [or won't] you come (up) to Limerick?" Riverfest is an annual summer festival held in Limerick. The festival was begun in 2004. Other festivals include the Knights of Westfest in [[Newcastle West]], Fleadh by the Feale in [[Abbeyfeale]] and the Ballyhoura International Walking Festival. The west of the county is known for its Irish music, song and dance and is part of the [[Sliabh Luachra]] area of traditional Irish music along the borders of [[County Cork]] and [[County Kerry]].