Limerick, Louisville
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Limerick Historic District (Boundary Increase)
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Large mansion house built by "lace curtain" Irish in the 1890s
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| Location | Between Breckinridge and Oak, 5th and 8th St., Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Area | 47 acres (19 ha) |
| Built | 1860 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Other, Romanesque, Victorian |
| NRHP Reference # | 83003715 |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 1983 |
Coordinates: 38°14′24″N 85°45′46″W / 38.23986548°N 85.76286077°W
Limerick is a neighborhood one mile south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA.
The neighborhood was developed in the 1860s as a place of residence for employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight yard. It was named because nearly all of the residents were from the Irish county of Limerick. The St. Louis Bertrand Catholic Church was the centerpiece of the newly founded neighborhood. Limerick began the trend of working-class people living southwest of downtown, a trend which continues in the city to this day.
The working class Irish immigrants lived in modest shotgun houses, with a moderate number of African Americans living in the alleyways behind them, while upper income Irish, known as "lace curtain Irish", built mansion houses on St. Catherine Street. The Irish Catholic presence in Limerick was strong enough that from 1872 to 1918 an annual St Patrick's Day march went from the church to Broadway. But as many of the railroad jobs left the area, the Irish began to move to South Louisville.
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