What type of weird Limerick erasure is this out of the Independent? Limerick city has about 20,000 more people than Galway. There has to be a decent explanation here, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/roadmap-to-recovery-how-will-irelands-big-cities-cope-with-life-after-covid-19-39227760.html

If the answer here is the classic "I know Galway is smaller. But it's such a lovely place. And Limerick just brings up notions of violence. So we prefer to just pretend that Galway is the third city even though it isn't. Hope you understand" My heart will be broken for the week

I'm also upset that I got to type "weird Limerick erasure" and it wasn't about a new exciting musical act from Limerick who sound like Erasure