•  Roscrea, County Tipperary

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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Roscrea like this:

Roscrea, market town with ry. sta., co. Tipperary, and par., partly also in King's co., on river Little Brosna, 44 miles NE. of Limerick and 77 miles SW. of Dublin - par., 10,653 ac., pop. 4637; town, pop. 2801; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday. Roscrea has a good retail trade and several flour mills. There is an ancient round tower, and the infantry barracks are within the walls of the old castle (1213).

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