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The Limerick meteorite fall of 10th September 1813. 

The largest piece, weighing more than 27kg will be on display in the Ulster Museum (in the meteorite gallery) between 10th September (next Tuesday) and early November, on loan from National Museum in Dublin.
It is by far the biggest meteorite to fall anywhere in Ireland / UK in historic times. There were several rather florid eyewitness accounts in newspapers of the time, and these show that it was a spectacular event with bright lights, loud bangs, a smoke trail and some substantial dents in the ground. 
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The Limerick (H5) meteorite fell in Munster, Ireland, on the 10th September, 1813.
A total mass of 50 kg was recovered.

52° 34'N, 8° 47'W



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Patrickswells 1813 meteorite goes for auction

Part of a meteorite, worth several thousand euro, that crashed in Patrickswell nearly 200 years ago, is to be auctioned off in Scotland next week, the Limerick Post has learned. The tiny 0.71g meteorite part is to go under the hammer for £150 at Edinburgh fine art auctioneers Lyon and Turnball - but is expected to reach far more. The August 17 exhibit is part of world's largest private collection of meteorites assembled over many years by Robert Elliott, a former electrical engineer, who now travels the world looking for the unusual space rocks.
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