Editing County Limerick (section)

==Physical geography==
[[File:Limericklandscape.jpg|thumb|300px|Typical east Limerick landscape, part of the [[Golden Vale]]]]
One possible meaning for the county's name in Irish ''Luimneach'' is "the flat area"; this description is accurate as the land consists mostly of a fertile limestone plain. Moreover, the county is ringed by mountains: the [[Slieve Felim Mountains|Slieve Felims]] to the northeast, the [[Galtee Mountains|Galtees]] to the southeast, the [[Ballyhoura Mountains]] to the south, and the [[Mullaghareirk Mountains]] to the southwest and west. The highest point in the county is located in its southeast corner at [[Galtymore]] (919 m), which separates Limerick from [[County Tipperary]]. Limerick shares the [[List of Irish counties by highest point|3rd-highest]] county peak in Ireland with Tipperary. The county is not simply a plain, its topography consists of hills and ridges. The eastern part of the county is part of the [[Golden Vale]], which is well known for dairy produce and consists of rolling low hills. This gives way to very flat land around the centre of the county, with the exception being Knockfierna at 288 m high. Towards the west, the Mullaghareirk Mountains (''Mullach an Radhairc'' in Irish, roughly meaning "mountains of the view") push across the county offering extensive views east over the county and west into [[County Kerry]].

Volcanic rock is to be found in numerous areas in the county, at [[Carrigogunnell]], at Knockfierna, and principally at [[Pallasgreen]]/[[Kilteely-Dromkeen|Kilteely]] in the east, which has been described as the most compact and for its size one of the most varied and complete [[carboniferous]] volcanic districts in either Britain and Ireland.

Tributaries of the Shannon [[drainage basin]] located in the county include the rivers [[Mulkear River|Mulcair]], [[River Maigue|Loobagh]], [[River Maigue|Maigue]], [[River Camogue|Camogue]], [[River Maigue|Morning Star]], [[River Deel|Deel]], and the [[River Feale|Feale]].