limerick |ˈlim(ə)rik|
noun
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: said to be from the chorus “Will you come up to Limerick?”, sung between improvised verses at a gathering.
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Limericks to Limerick
A GIG that pulled in 600 last year is the ‘Bring your Limericks to Limerick’ competition. Hey-ho so for Sunday May 24 at the venue of Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, circa 2.30pm as part of that weekend’s three day Féile na Máighe.
It was The Gathering of 2013 under the auspice’s of Tim O’Connor (who went on to give City of Culture heart and unpaid soul as a most able vice-chair) who gave the competition international spin as part of celebrations in UL. This met with enormous success.
But keeping things in order and manageable matters so Adare’s final will be reduced to a shortlist of 25. Entries are being taken from all parts and one enters online at www.facebook.com/limerickcompetition or head for the local library for an entry form.
