Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Croom

Croom, town and par. with ry. sta., in co. and 11 miles SW. of Limerick -- par., 13,415 ac., pop. 2865; town, pop. 747; P.O., T.O. A little to W. of town, on left bank of river Maigue, is C. Castle, the old seat, now restored, of the O'Donovans and the Fitzgeralds.


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

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Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Limerick IrlC
Place: Croom

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