Is 'Limerick' English, or is it actually Gaelic?

'Limerick' is a word borrowed from Gaelic 'Luimnigh'. The word entered the English language some time around 1896.

Limerick [noun] [1896]

A light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines ...

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Etymology: Ireland

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