Abington is a civil parish which lies partly in County Tipperary (in the barony of Owney and Arra [1] ) and partly in County Limerick (partly in Limerick city and partly in the baronies of Clanwilliam and Owneybeg). [2]
It was home for a time to the author Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu stayed in the parish as a child while his father was the rector of Abington Anglican Church. [3]
By statute, the parish contains 32,200 acres (13,000 ha), of which 12,290 acres (4,970 ha) are in County Tipperary. Of the 19,280 acres (7,800 ha) in County Limerick, 708 acres (287 ha) are in the liberties of the city of Limerick and the remainder are split between the baronies of Clanwilliam and Owneybeg. [2] The hamlet and townland of Abington is in the County Limerick part of the parish. [4]
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