Hospital, County Limerick

Hospital ( Irish: An tOspidéal ) is a city in County Limerick in the central southern inland areas of the Republic of Ireland.

History

A possible derivation for the name of the place goes to the Order of Malta ( about engl. Knights Hospitaller ), who built an archaeologically important cathedral here in 1215. This cathedral houses the remains of three grave sites (English tomb ) from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Geography

Hospital is located in the east of County Limerick on the border with County Tipperary, 25 km south-southwest of the city of Limerick City and 21 km west of the town of Tipperary, and had the Census 2006 with a population of 1206 people; making it one of the larger cities in the Hospital county Limerick. In an about 2 -km radius around the city another 2,000 people live.

The town is located at an intersection of regional roads R 516 and R513 - Old Cork Road - Limerick City to Mitchelstown, and among others waiting with a number of outlets and other businesses on.