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South of Ireland Open Tennis Championship South of Ireland Open Tennis Championship The South of Ireland Open Tennis Championship originally called the South of Ireland Championships first established in 1877 and also known as the Limerick Cup is a grass court tennis tournament that features both men's and women's competitions that is currently an official tour event of Tennis Ireland. It is held at the Limerick Lawn Tennis Club in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland. The championships is Worlds Second Oldest surviving tennis tournament after Wimbledon but the only event to have been staged continuously for the last 141 years. Limerick Lawn Tennis Club was first established