Limerick Desmond League
| Country |
 Ireland
|
|---|---|
| Confederation | Munster Football Association |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Divisions | Premier Division Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Youth Division 1 Youth Division 2 Under 17 Division 1 Under 17 Division 2 |
| Number of teams | 63 (2015–16) |
| Level on pyramid | 7–12 |
| Domestic cup(s) |
FAI Junior Cup FAI Youth Cup |
| League cup(s) | Desmond Cup Richard Hogan Cup Riedy Cup |
| Website | www.limerickdesmondleague.ie |
The Limerick Desmond League is an association football league featuring amateur, junior, youth and under-17 teams from the part of County Limerick west of the N20. Its top division, the Premier Division, is a seventh level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. Desmond is a historical name associated with both Limerick and Munster.
The league was founded in January 1955 following a meeting at the Desmond Castle, Newcastle West. It was agreed to call the league – the Desmond League and its founding members included – Killonan F.C., Newcastle West A.F.C., Tralee Dynamos and A.F.C. Askeaton. These four teams contested the first league championship which was won by Killonan. In it early years the league also included teams from County Kerry. In 1966 Joe Wickham initiated reforms that helped modernize the league and by 1969 it featured twenty teams. In 1971 Tralee Dynamos and Killarney Athletic left the Desmond League to become founder members of the Kerry District League.
Premier Division
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