Limerick, New South Wales

Limerick
Town
Limerick Location in New South Wales
Coordinates: 34°07′53″S149°17′27″E / 34.1314°S 149.2909°E / -34.1314; 149.2909
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Southern Tablelands
LGA	Upper Lachlan Shire
Location	164 km (102 mi) W of Sydney 122 km (76 mi) N of Canberra
Government
•  State electorate	Goulburn
•  Federal division	Riverina
Elevation	778 m (2,552 ft)
Population
• Total	33 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	2583
Localities around Limerick Peelwood Fullerton Fullerton Crooked Corner Limerick Golspie Binda Laggan Golspie

Limerick is a locality within the Upper Lachlan Shire of New South Wales, Australia. ^{[2] [3] [4]} At the 2021 census, Limerick had a population of 33. ^[5]

The locality contains Cooks Vale Creek, a stream which is part of the Lachlan sub-catchment of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling Basin. This creek rises in the south of the locality near Cuddyong Road and flows north, reaching a confluence with the Abercrombie River east of the town of Tuena ^[6] . A smaller creek, Deep Creek, rises in the west of the locality and is a tributary of Cooks Vale Creek, the two creeks coming to a confluence in the north-east of the locality.

The main road running through Limerick is Peelwood Road, which continues to Tuena in the north and the council seat of Crookwell in the south.

St Fiacre's Catholic Church was opened in Limerick in 1912, and was part of the Parish of Crookwell, and the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The church fell into disuse in the 1970s due to a shortage of priests and dwindling congregations, and the church was closed in April 2012 ^[7] . The church building still stands near Peelwood Road, at 34°12′20″S149°28′44″E / 34.205578°S 149.478751°E / -34.205578; 149.478751 .

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Limerick (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Limerick". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
3. "Limerick". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
4. "Limerick NSW". Australias Guide. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Limerick". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
6. "Cooks Vale Creek, NSW". NSW Government. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
7. "St Fiacre's Catholic Church". Australia's Christian Heritage. Retrieved 2026-01-27.