Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rathkeale

Rathkeale, market town, township, and par. with ry. sta., in co. and 19 miles SW. of Limerick, on river Deel - par., 12,095 ac., pop. 4359; township, 1390 ac., pop. 2549; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Limerick IrlC
Place: Rathkeale

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