Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Abbey, or Corcomroe Abbey

Abbey.-- or Corcomroe Abbey, par., N. co. Clare, 2 miles S. of Burren and 11 miles NW. of Gort ry. sta., 4714 ac., pop. 663; contains the fine ruins of a Cistercian abbey (12th century).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Clare IrlC
Place names: ABBEY     |     ABBEY OR CORCOMROE ABBEY     |     CORCOMROE ABBEY
Place: Abbey

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