Limerick Genealogy Tours
My Ireland Heritage find your Ancestors and exact house location from the 1700’s to the late 1800’s, and all available records in Ireland. We are an Irish family business dedicated to assisting you in your Irish Genealogy research for your roots and records of your family history of past generations in Limerick, as well as providing you with a once in a lifetime Irish Genealogy tour experience to visit your families original family house and Walk in the Footsteps of your Irish Ancestors.
Sean and the Team at My Ireland Heritage are a Government certified & approved Genealogy & Touring Company, and will personally guide you on the journey into your Irish ancestry to any County in Ireland.
Many companies are genealogy research only, many companies are touring companies only, we at My Ireland Family Heritage are proud to be able to encompass your research and tour together enabling us to work with you throughout the process to customize your tour with you and for you. To achieve a full genealogy tour experience consider adding one of our one-day historical tours.
Our Tours
Our Ancestral Townland Experience Tours
County Limerick combines a historic city, founded by Vikings over a thousand years ago, with some of the richest farmland in Ireland in the Golden Vale to its south. That combination shows up clearly in genealogy research: Limerick city families often followed trades, shipping and commerce, while rural Limerick families were frequently tenant farmers on some of the country’s most productive land, with correspondingly detailed estate and rent records surviving in many cases.
Limerick’s port also made it a significant point of departure for emigrants, so a family’s final Irish record may show them passing through the city even if their true roots lie in the surrounding countryside. We work carefully to distinguish between a family’s point of departure and their actual home parish, confirming the specific church congregation and graveyard behind whatever civil parish appears in official records, before identifying the townland itself.
A Limerick tour can combine the historic city, including King John’s Castle and the Treaty Stone, with a drive into the Golden Vale countryside to your family’s actual townland, giving you a real sense of both the urban and rural sides of a county that shaped so many emigrant stories.
- Limerick has 14 Baronies
- Limerick has 129 Civil Parish
- Limerick has 173 Electoral Divisions
- Limerick has 1972 Townlands
- Limerick has 25 sub Townlands
Limerick is located in the Mid-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. The city lies on the River Shannon which at 222 miles long is the longest river in the British Isles, with the historic core of the city located on King’s Island.
Luimneach (Gaelic) originally referred to the general area along the banks of the Shannon Estuary . The earliest settlement in the city, Inis Sibhtonn, was the original name for King’s Island during the pre-Viking and Viking eras.
There are 102,161 people living in the Limerick City Metropolitan District.
The city dates from 812 which is the earliest probable settlement; Greek map-maker, Ptolemy, produced in 150 the earliest map of Ireland, showing a place called “Regia” at the same site as King’s Island. History also records an important battle involving Cormac mac Airt in 221. The Normans redesigned the city in the 12th century and added much of the most notable architecture, such as King John’s Castle and St Mary’s Cathedral.
Family Dynasties 1500-1600 AD
- Irish – McInerney
- Norman – Courtenay, Burke, Fitzgerald
- Scottish -MacSweeney
- Viking – None
County Limerick – Things to do and may be possible to include within your Ancestral Townland Experience Tour
- King John’s Castle
- Lough Gur Visitor Centre
- St. Mary’s Cathedral
- Thomond Park Stadium
- Wild Atlantic Way
- People’s Park
- Curraghchase Forest Park
- The Treaty Stone
- The Cliifs of Moher
- The Bunratty Castle
Frequently Asked Questions
Did many emigrants pass through Limerick city even if they weren't from there originally?
Yes, Limerick’s port served emigrants from a wider region, so we always check whether a family’s Limerick connection is their true home or simply their point of departure.
Are Golden Vale farming records better preserved than in poorer rural counties?
Often, yes, the productivity of this land meant more detailed estate and tenancy records were kept, which can be a real help in research.
Can a Limerick tour include both the city and rural countryside?
Yes, most Limerick itineraries combine historic city sites with a visit to your family’s specific rural townland.
