Abington (townland)

This article is about the townland within the Irish civil parish of the same name. For other places named Abington, see Abington.

Abington (Irish: Mainistir Uaithne)^[2] is a townland in the civil parish of Abington in County Limerick, Ireland. The ruins of the mediaeval Abbey of Woney are located in the local graveyard.^[3] The local Church of Ireland church, Saint John's church, designed by James Rawson Carroll and built in 1869, is in the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe.^[4][5]

Abington
Townland
Abington's Church of Ireland church
Abington Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.6331°N 8.4219°W / 52.6331; -8.4219
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Limerick
Population  (2011)[1]
• Rural	139

As of the 2011 census, Abington townland had a population of 139 people.^[1]

References

1. "CD161 - Limerick Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
2. "Mainistir Uaithne / Abington". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
3. "Extract from Ordnance Survey map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
4. "Saint John's Church of Ireland Church, Abington, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
5. "Diocese Of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert - Limerick City Parish". ireland.anglican.org. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.