Earl of Limerick is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, associated first with the Dongan family, then with the Pery family.
Read more about Earl Of Limerick: First Creation, Second Creation, Dongan Baronets, of Castletown (1623), Earls of Limerick, First Creation (1686), Barons Glentworth (1790), Earls of Limerick, Second Creation (1803)
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