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Town defences in Croom

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A murage grant is recorded as having been awarded to Croom in 1310 (Ir. Rec. Comm. 1829, 42). It is not known if any defences were constructed and there are no known surviving traces of such. (Bradley et.al. 1989, 119) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 July 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-025009

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