Broadford

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Broadford

Coordinates52.35°, -8.97°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Broadford is a village in the west of County Limerick in Ireland. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford. In the 2016 census, the resident population of Broadford village was 276, and the population of the Broadford electoral division was 960.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

D

David Cremin

Irish bishop

Peter von Lacy

Irish general in Russia

Vincent Browne

Irish journalist

Con Collins

Irish politician (1881-1937)

E

Eoin Dillon

Irish hurling player

James Colbert

Irish politician (1890-1970)

James Duhig

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane (1871–1965)

J

Joe Quaid

Irish hurler

J

John Flanagan

Irish hurler from Limerick

N

Nollaig Ó Gadhra

Irish historian and journalist, Irish-language activist

S

Seán O'Gorman

Irish hurler

E

Eugene Sheehy

Irish nationalist

B

Bernie O'Connor

Irish hurler

S

Seamus Quaid

Irish police officer

P

Pat Buckley

retired Irish hurler from County Cork

J

Jeremiah Newman

Catholic priest; b. 1926

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Limerick

• Dromcollogher
  2.8 mi away
• Feenagh
  5.1 mi away
• Kilmeedy
  5.4 mi away
• Toornafulla
  7.4 mi away
• Newcastle West
  7.8 mi away · pop. 7,209
• Ballyagran
  9 mi away
• Templeglantine
  9.1 mi away
• Ballingarry
  10 mi away
• Ardagh
  10.9 mi away
• Mountcollins
  11.1 mi away
• Rathkeale
  12.3 mi away · pop. 1,231
• Carrigkerry
  12.5 mi away

Browse all places in Limerick →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Spindle

Euonymus europaeus

Seen 2026-10-04

garden nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

Seen 2026-07-05

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-06-24

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-06-19

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-06-19

Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Seen 2026-06-19

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-06-19

Pellucid Hover Fly

Volucella pellucens

Seen 2026-06-19

Cantharis flavilabris

Cantharis flavilabris

Seen 2026-06-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).