Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Adare

Adare, par. and market town with ry. sta., mid. co. Limerick, on the river Maig, 11 miles SSW. of Limerick and 140 miles SW. of Dublin -- par., 11,938 ac., pop. 1997; town, pop. 561; P.O., T.O. In the dist. are remains of three abbeys. Adare Manor is a seat of the Earl of Dunraven.


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

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

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