Editing Limerick (section)

===Association football===
Association football is popular in the city and suburbs, and the city was historically represented in the [[League of Ireland]] by [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick FC]]. The club first joined the league in 1937. There have been a number of variations of the club, and their most successful period was from the 1960s to the 1980s when they won two League of Ireland championships and two [[FAI Cup]]s. The club played at [[Markets Field]] until the mid-1980s when they controversially moved to a new venue.<ref>Dunne, Eoin, [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/limericks-recovery-starts-to-take-shape-119525.html ''Limerick's recovery starts to take shape''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018102723/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/limericks-recovery-starts-to-take-shape-119525.html |date=18 October 2012 }}, Irish Independent, 26 January 2006. Retrieved 8 March 201.</ref> Limerick FC returned to the Markets Field in June 2015, following the purchase of the venue by the Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership (LEDP) from [[Bord na gCon]].<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0303/1224291212748.html ''Limerick FC look set for return to Market's Field''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303043937/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0303/1224291212748.html |date=3 March 2011 }}, The Irish Times, 3 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.</ref> However, the club suffered a financial collapse in 2019 and lost its licence.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.the42.ie/limerick-fc-2-4927987-Dec2019/ | website = the42.ie | title = Limerick FC set to be liquidated | date = 11 December 2019 | accessdate = 21 February 2021 | archive-date = 12 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210212011554/https://www.the42.ie/limerick-fc-2-4927987-Dec2019/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0212/1114911-no-limerick-as-fai-confirm-licences-for-2020-season/ | website = rte.ie | title = No Limerick as FAI confirm licences for 2020 season | date = 12 February 2020 | accessdate = 21 February 2021 | archive-date = 13 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210213171537/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0212/1114911-no-limerick-as-fai-confirm-licences-for-2020-season/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In place of Limerick FC, a new club called [[Treaty United F.C.]] was created. The women's team, [[Treaty United W.F.C.]], began playing in the 2020 season of the [[Women's National League (Ireland)|Women's National League]]. The men's team was not able to begin playing until the 2021 season, joining the [[League of Ireland First Division]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Treaty United to take up the 10th place in First Division|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/treaty-united-to-take-up-the-10th-place-in-first-division-1.4490861|access-date=29 April 2021|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220203957/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/treaty-united-to-take-up-the-10th-place-in-first-division-1.4490861|url-status=live}}</ref>