Abington (civil parish)

Abington is a civil parish which lies partly in County Tipperary  (in the barony of Owney and Arra ) and partly in County Limerick (partly in Limerick city and partly in the baronies  of Clanwilliam and Owneybeg).

It was home for a time to the author Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu stayed in the parish as a child while his father was the rector of Abington Anglican Church.

By statute, the parish contains 32200 acre, of which 12290 acre are in County Tipperary. Of the 19280 acre in County Limerick, 708 acre are in the liberties of the city of Limerick and the remainder are split between the baronies of Clanwilliam and Owneybeg. The hamlet and townland of Abington is in the County Limerick part of the parish.