ABINGTON, a parish, in the union of Limerick, partly in the barony of Owney-Arra, county of Tipperary, and partly in the barony of Clanwilliam, but chiefly in that of Owney-Beg, county of Limerick, and province of Munster, 7 miles (E. by S.) from the city of Limerick ; containing 8314 inhabitants. This place, anciently called Wotheney or Woney, attained considerable...