Broadford is located in the west of County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford

Dromcollogher-Broadford

Dromcolliher-Broadford is a parish bordering North Cork in the County Limerick, Ireland.There are two Villages within parish, Dromcolliher and Broadford....

. In the 2006 Irish census, the resident population of the Broadford electoral district was 891.

According to records, the village is relatively new, and was first recorded by cartographers in 1837. Prior to its current name, it was known as "Killaliathan" or "Killagholehane".

External links

• 2006 Census data from the Central Statistics Office
  Central Statistics Office (Ireland)
  The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. The office is answerable to the Taoiseach and has...
  
  
• Dromcollogher / Broadford. Parish - Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick
  The Diocese of Limerick is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The diocese is in the secular province of the same name - Munster...
  
  
• Broadford, Co. Limerick, at the Placenames Database of Ireland