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In 1868, the parish of Inchicronan contained the following places:"INCHICRONAN, a parish in the barony of Upper Bunratty, county Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, 5½ miles N.E. of Ennis. Corofin is its post town. Its length is 5 miles, and its breadth over 3. The village of Crusheen is in this parish The greater part of the surface consists of mountain and waste. The parish is traversed by the road from Ennis to Gort. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Killaloe, value with Kilnaboy, £432, in the patronage of the bishop. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, with a school, besides three other schools. Drumcor, Doon, Glenwilliam, Garlick Hill, and Viewmount are among the principal residences. Within this parish are the lake and island of Inchicronan; the latter is the site of an abbey, founded in 1190 by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, and granted in 1620 to Donogh Earl of Thomond. Here are also the ruins of the old parish church and of O'Brien's castle."
"CRUSHEEN, a village in the parish of Inchicronan, barony of Upper Bunratty, in the county of Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, 8 miles N.E. of Ennis. Here is a dispensary within the Ennis Poor-law Union. Ballyline and Port are the principal seats."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018