Croom

261 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croom, from 33 m² to 308,282 m² (30.83 ha, 76.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 70 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Special Control Area (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Development Area - Phase 1 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  construction of a detached single storey dwelling house, entrance, detached domestic garage, boundary walls, connection to public foul sewer including all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660945

• 20 Mar 2026Conditional

  the change of use of the First Floor office area to commercial kitchen and all ancillary site works, in the two storey building complex. Croom Mills is a Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660311

• 12 Mar 2026Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660279

• 19 Jan 2026Conditional

  detached private garage to side of dwelling house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2610

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  (a) extension at rear of dwelling which differs from that as indicated on planning ref. no. 81/19772, (b) Existing Sunroom and including a Veranda and (c) Increased size of existing garage from that as indicated in planning ref. no. 81/19772

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25286

• 19 Mar 2025Conditional

  existing six pitch floodlights which replaced the previous eight pitch floodlights of similar height

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560222

• 6 Dec 2024Conditional

  a detached single storey dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, connection to public foul sewer, including all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461227

• 5 Jul 2024Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house and entrance with connection to the local public water and sewer services and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24266

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  the change of use of the ground floor from health/medical services suite (granted under planning permission ref. no. 18/535) to an apartment, to include changing the door on the front elevation to a window and to convert the existing outbuilding (to include constructing an extension) to an apartment and all ancillary site works. This building is a protected structure.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460522

• 16 May 2024Conditional

  (1) an increase in child numbers from 100 children to 110 children, in the existing 5 no. classrooms (22 children per class from 20 previously) and all accessed via the existing approach avenue to the south on the Aithnid road. (2) Revised opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm inclusive. (3) Environmental improvement measures to the existing Wastewater treatment system. The Old Rectory is a recorded Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460467

• 23 Apr 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, vehicular entrance, connection to the public services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24169

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  the construction of 10 dwelling units to include 2 no. detached 5 bedroom bungalow dwellings & 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, all necessary ancillary site works including the provision of footpaths, the disposal of waste and storm water to public sewers and the provision of a potable water supply from a public main, boundary treatments and landscaping

  Permission, 10 homes · Limerick County Council, 24151

• 6 Mar 2024Refused

  extension of permission for planning ref. 17/851: the construction of 12 No. dwellings together with all roads, footpaths, underground services, connection to an existing foul sewer additions to the existing surface water drainage network including new concrete culvert to existing stream and all boundary treatments on part of site of the previously granted planning permission ref no. 01/371

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 247004

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  the partially built front boundary wall and permission to complete this wall in stone, with a railing on the wall and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23431

• 18 May 2023Refused

  (1) for an increase in child numbers from 100 children to 110 children, in the existing 5 no. classrooms (22 children per class from 20 previously) and all accessed via the existing approach avenue to the south on the Aithnid road. (2) Revised opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm inclusive. The Old Rectory is a recorded Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360328

• 14 Feb 2023Conditional

  the Conservation and renovation of 3 no. adjoining terraced properties at Bridge Street, Croom, Co. Limerick, Eircode Nos: V35 D654, V35 KN81, & V35 TN50, for use as three no. separate 3 bedroomed residential units with a small two storey new build extension to the rear of each property, the demolition of 2 later edition dilapidated annexes also to rear and all associated site works on and under land. All properties have connections to the public sewer to the rear of the structures. All three properties are recorded protected structures (R.Cregg Former shop and adjoining house (RPS 1129) and Tangneys House (RPS 1131) and are located within the Main Street/ Bridge Street ACA.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360064

• 30 Jan 2023N/a

  the conservation and renovation of 3 no. adjoining terraced properties at Bridge Street, Croom, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, Eircode Nos: V35 D654, V35 KN81, & V35 TN50, for use as three no. separate 2 bedroomed residential units with a small single storey new build wetroom extension to the rear of each property, the demolition of 2 later edition dilapidated annexes also to rear and all associated site works on and under land. All properties have connections to the public sewer to the rear of the structures. All three properties are recorded protected structures (R.Cregg Former shop and adjoining house (RPS 1129) and Tangneys House (RPS 1131) and are located within the Main Street/ Bridge Street ACA

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360035

• 13 Jan 2022Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage and entrance, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2226

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  5no. preschool classes, and 5no. afterschool classes in the Swallow House on both levels, the Coach House at ground floor level only, the barn building at ground floor level only and the main reception room of the Rectory at ground floor level only as well as the use of all the attendant grounds for outdoor play, between the hours of 8am to 6pm inclusive, Monday to Friday. Retention permission is also sought for a single occupancy maisonette at first floor level in the Coach House with independent access. The Old Rectory is a recorded protected structure RPS No. 299

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21684

• 29 Apr 2021Conditional

  the provision of enclosed hardcored compound area, incorporating 12 no. containers on site(10 no. to be used for customer storage, in conjunction with the existing upholstery business operating at this address, 2 no. for personal use by the applicant), erection of boundary wire mesh fencing and access gates to same and all ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21568

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  the construction of a roof and walls covering the ball area behind hurling wall and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201412

• 18 Dec 2020N/a

  construction of a single storey detached dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201377

• 12 Aug 2020N/a

  the provision of enclosed hardcored compound area, incorporating 12 no. containers on site, all for self storage purposes, erection of boundary wire mesh and access gates to same, continuation of access to the site via a right of way which utilises an existing commercial site access, and all ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20787

• 1 May 2020Conditional

  the construction of a shed to cover existing floor casting area to improve the working environment, a rainwater harvesting tank for building and associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20353

• 19 Mar 2019Conditional

  a domestic garage as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19248

The 25 most recent of 37 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Croom.

Recorded monuments

• LI030-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in pasture 360m NE of the townland boundary with Dollas Upper. The W, S and SE side of the site is incorporated in modern field boundaries. A series of archaeological excavations on the ‘Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West’ were conducted 600m to SW (Grogan et al. 2007). The site is depicted as a circular embanked fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as an earthwork (int. diam. c. 50m N-S; 46m E-W) surrounded by a fosse (Wth. 8m) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The ringfort bank appears to partially survive in the modern field boundary visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 visible from SE-S-W-NW and has been levelled elsewhere. A farm lane runs in the fosse on the S side of the possible ringfort. The monument is visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 28 September 2020

• LI030-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On former flat pasture now developed for domestic housing built along Church Road (R516) on the outskirts of Croom, 390m E of the townland boundary with Carrigeen. Located 30m WSW of a ditch-barrow (LI030-022----) and 125m SSW from a ringfort (LI030-023----). The site is depicted as an embanked fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is also depicted as an enclosure (ext. dims. c. 37.5m N-S; 42.5m E-W) surrounded by a fosse on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Two domestic houses have been built on the site of the monument that are visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Inspected by OPW in 1957, the ringfort consisted of a level circular raised area (int. diam. c. 41m) defined by an external fosse (Wth 4.5m; D int. 1.5m; ext. c. 0.3m) (SMR File). The domestic houses built on the site are visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009 and 28/06/2018. See attached OPW Plan, Section and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 29 September 2020

• LI030-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On former flat pasture now developed with domestic houses built along Church Road (R516) on the outskirts of Croom, 460m E of the townland boundary with Carrigeen. Located 30m ENE of a levelled ringfort (LI030-021----) and 100m S of a ringfort (LI030-023----). This site was one of two [LI030-021----] which were bulldozed in 1972/3 but whose development was delayed pending excavation by Elizabeth Shee Twohig. The results of her excavation were summarised as follows; 'The ring fort was defended by a single bank with external ditch. Along the southern side it was truncated by the Croom-Rathkeale Road, while the western side had been taken into the garden of the next door house. The recent bulldozing had levelled the site completely but what proved to be the line of the ditch was identifiable on the ground by a luxuriant growth of thistles. The diameter of the fort mid-bank to mid-bank was approximately 20m. 1m wide trenches were cut through the defences on the south-east and north-east. Elsewhere, the interference detailed above did not allow potentially useful cuts of the defences to be made. Most of the central area of the fort was excavated, totaling 80 sq.m. The defences originally consisted of a bank and external ditch, but all except the lowest 20-25m of the bank had been levelled into the ditches and across the interior of the fort. In the ditches this recent fill was much more loosely packed than the early fill and it contained pieces of wood and tree roots. On the north-east trench a number of slabs lay on what was the pre-bulldozed surface of the ditch. The ditch profiles were approximately U-shaped and the bottom of the ditch was about 1.60m below the original ground level. In the south-east trench a secondary ditch or long pit had been cut parallel with the defences at the lip of the ditch and bank. This was filled with loose dark earth, stones and animal bone. At this point the ditch had a marked shoulder where it deepened sharply about half-way down. The stratigraphy of the central area had been seriously interfered with by the recent bulldozing, to a depth of 30-40cm. The top layer consisted of l0-15m of humus and yellow clay which had apparently been spread over the site during the construction of the next-door house in 1973. Below this was 20-30cm of dark homogenous material, containing animal bones, but clearly disturbed. Cut into the old ground surface a number of pits and postholes of varying sizes and depths were discovered; their upper parts had been cut off by the bulldozing. The postholes do not form any clear plan except in the east where a shallow trench about 5m long ran parallel with a line of 5 shallow pits/postholes. On the south west there were a number of irregularly shaped pits up to 45 cm deep. Near the centre of the site was a symmetrical pair of postholes each with a deep posthole cut into the side of a shallower pit. Besides a large quantity of animal bones from the ditches and the central area the only finds were a bronze penannular ring, an iron loop or ring and an iron knife with traces of a bone handle riveted to it. There was also a lump of iron slag. Several surface collections on the adjacent fort [LI030-021----] to the west yielding animal bones and a whetstone of red sandstone' (Shee Twohig 1977, 27-37). The site is depicted as a small embanked fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is later depicted as a U-shaped area (ext. dims. c. 34m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) transected at S by the public road on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The modern house that was been built on the site of the ringfort is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Inspected by the OPW in 1957, and described as consisting of a raised circular-shaped level area (int. diam. c. 18.2m) defined by a low bank (Wth 4.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D int. 1.5m; ext. 0.3m), only visible on the NE side (SMR File). The SE side of the monument was cut by a road in 1957. The domestic house built on the site is visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009 and 28/06/2018. See attached OPW Plan, Section, Google Earth orthoimages and excavation plan and section taken from Shee Twohig 1977 Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 November 2022

• LI030-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On flat pasture to the rear of a row of modern houses built along Church Road (R516) on the outskirts of Croom, 500m ENE of the townland boundary with Carrigeen. Located 100m N of a possible ditch-barrow (LI030-022----) and 125m NNE of a ringfort (LI030-021----). The site is depicted as an embanked fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is later depicted as an enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) surrounded by a fosse on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The ringfort is visible and densely covered in scrub vegetation on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Inspected by the OPW in 1957, the ringfort consisted of a level circular raised area (int. diam. c. 32m) defined by an external bank and fosse. The bank (Wth 4.5m; H int. 0.6m; ext. 1.5m) defines the interior of the site on the SE side of the ringfort. The fosse (Wth 4.5m; D int. 1.5m; ext. 0.85m) surrounds the site on all sides with the exception of an entrance causeway (Wth c. 9m) on the E (SMR File). The site is tree covered on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009 and 28/06/2018. See attached OPW Plan, Section and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 29 September 2020

• LI030-024 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 240m SW of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Skagh. Located 700m NNW of Croom medieval parish church (LI030-025006-). The enclosure is depicted as a large fort surrounded by a bank on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is later depicted as an enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m N-S; 50m E-W) surrounded by a fosse on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The monument is visible a tree-covered enclosure on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The enclosure is visible as an enclosure covered in scrub woodland on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/02/2009; 16/03/2016 and 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 29 September 2020

• LI030-025001 Historic town
  Description

  The historic town of Croom was described in the Urban Survey of Limerick as following; 'Croom is located on the Maigue river to the south west of Limerick on the Limerick to Cork road. It was clearly a settlement site before the coming of the Normans because there is a reference to the burning of Cromadh in 1144 by Toirdealbach Ua Conchobair (AFM). The nature of this early settlement is unknown, however. In 1215 it was granted to Maurice FitzGerald (Sweetman 1875-86, i) and it became one of the principal manors of the FitzGeralds, lending its name to their warcry "Crom-a-Boo". It remained in the hands of the FitzGerald earls of Kildare until it was confiscated in the aftermath of Silken Thomas' rebellion. In 1547, however, it was granted to the earl of Desmond (Westropp 1905-6, 166). The foundation date of the borough is unknown but it is likely, following Empey's analysis of the process of Anglo-Norman sub-infeudation, that it was established at an early date, probably at much the same time as the manor was granted to the Fitzgeralds. The earliest reference to the presence to burgesses occurs in the justiciary rolls for 1295 (Westropp 1905-6, 166), while the murage grant of 1310 suggests that it was not an inconsequential settlement (Ir Rec Comm 1829, 42). The rent paid by the burgesses in 1331 "for the two parts of their borough" was 11s. 9. 5d. (Red Bk Kildare, 111), but whether this is a total rent or a partial rent is unclear. The subsequent history of the borough is unknown. The medieval borough may have been located on the east bank of the Maigue river centred on the present village whose street plan appears to be of relatively recent origin. Alternatively, because of "the location of the castle and church on the west side of the river, it may well be that the medieval borough was situated on the west bank. In the absence of clear information, however, it is impossible to be certain' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 117-8). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 January 2019

• LI030-025002 Bridge
  Description

  Croom Bridge crossing the River Maigue was described in The Urban Survey of County Limerick' as following; 'A broken bridge is mentioned in 1657' (Westropp 1906-7, 166) (Bradley et. al. 1989, 118). Croom Bridge described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a, 'Six-arch road bridge over the River Maigue, built c. 1790, with round-headed arches. Bridge may incorporate substantial earlier fabric. Roughly dressed limestone walls with concrete parapet walls having metal railings. Cut limestone voussoirs to arches. Ashlar limestone V-cutwaters to south elevation and concert U-cutwaters to north elevation' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21828008).

• LI030-025003 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Croom Mill was described in the Urban Survey of Limerick as following; 'A mill is recorded in the 17th century (Westropp 1906-7, 166) and it is likely that the late medieval mill stood on the site of the mill which is still in use today on the west bank of the Maigue' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 119). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 January 2019

• LI030-025005 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Local tradition asserts that Croom Castle or a fortification at Croom was first built by the O’Donovan’s before passing into the hands of the Fitzgerald family in the 13th century. However John O’Donovan was doubtful about this O’Donovan claim and in the appendix of the Annals of the Four Masters, O’Donovan recorded his doubts when he stated that the O’Donovan’s of Castle Donovan and Bawnlahan were descended from Crom O’Donovan who resided at Croom Castle until he ‘was driven thence by Maurice Fitzgerald, second Baron of Offaly who was Lord Justice of Ireland in the year 1299; but this has not been proved’ (O’Donovan 1856 vi, 2437). A branch of the family descended from Crom O’Donovan who was killed in 1254, claim that this family were originally ‘in possession of the great Castle of Crom or Croom, on the River Maigue, in the present county of Limerick, and this was the tradition in the country in 1686, when the manuscript called Carbriae Notitia was written’ (O’Donovan 1856 vol. 6, 2437). It is possible that there was a pre-Norman fortification at Croom which was the residence of the O’Donovan clan. In 1151 the Annals of the Four Masters recorded that a ‘great predatory excursion was made by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, into Thomond; and he carried away many cows, and burned Cromadh [Croom]’ (O’Donovan 1856, 1101). Whatever about the origins of the castle we can be certain that during the late 12th or early 13th century this castle was in the possession of the FitzGerald family who became the Earls of Kildare and remained in their hands until the early 18th century. Croom Castle appears to have been built by Gerald FitzMaurice in the late 12th or early 13th century, his death is recorded in the year 1203 (Cal. doc. Ire., 30) suggesting that this castle may have been built before this date. The first reference to Croom Castle dates from 1215 when ‘Maurice FitzGerald made a fine with the King of 60 marks, to have the lands of Gerald his father in Ireland with the castles of Crumech [Croom] and Dungarvan in Oglassin, which belong to Maurice by right of inheritance. Mandate to the justiciary of Ireland, that having received security for the 60 marks he cause seisin to be given to Maurice’ (Cal. doc. Ire., 91, 94). The lands of Croom came into the possession of the FitzGerald family as early as 1197 when the Anglo-Normans acquired lands in County Limerick. Around this time Thomas FitzGerald son of Maurice FitzGerald, founder of the House of Desmond was granted the cantred of Shanid which resulted in the construction of Shanid Castle (LI019-081001-) (Orpen 1911-20, ii, 165). The type of castle constructed at Shanid was a shell keep which was built encircling the summit of an earlier motte castle. According to Orpen it was probably around this time that the lands of Croom were granted to Gerald brother of Thomas Fitzgerald who had been granted the cantred of Shanid (ibid., 165). Between the years c. 1200 – 1220 Anglo-Norman castles were constructed in Limerick City, Kilmallock, Caherconlish, Ardpatrick and elsewhere (Westropp 1907, 31). Croom Castle was probably constructed during this period by the FitzGerald’s in order to secure their newly acquired lands. The shell keep castle may have been built on the site of a pre-Norman fortification which was associated with the O’Donovan family. This pre-Norman fortification may have been built beside the fording point on the River Maigue. According to Westropp (1906-07, 65) the castle at Croom had been built at the ‘old fort of Cromadh or Croom, on the river Maigue by about 1216, and was given to Maurice FitzGerald’. By the late 13th century the manor of Croom was in the possession of Juliana de Cogan [nee FitzGerald] (Mac Niocaill 1964, 31-2) who was the granddaughter of Maurice FitzGerald 2nd Lord of Offaly, and great granddaughter of Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly and founder of the FitzGerald dynasty and later the Earls of Kildare. Juliana FitzGerald was the daughter of Gerald who was married to a daughter of Hamo de Valognes of nearby Askeaton Castle (Orpen 1911-20, 165). In 1329 the lands of Kildare, Maynooth, Croom, Adare, and Estgrene were granted by Edward III to Sir John Darcy, Lord Justiciar and stepfather to Maurice FitzGerald during his minority (Wyndham-Quin & Wyndham-Quin 1865, 139). In 1357 Maurice FitzGerald 4th Earl of Kildare was appointed Lord Justiciar of Ireland and was ordered to strengthen his castles on pain of forfeiture. During the middle of the 16th century the Earl of Desmond took possession of this castle for a short period of time. In 1534 Silken Thomas FitzGerald rebelled against Henry VIII and during this rebellion, Sir John the 13th Earl of Desmond took possession of Croom and placed a garrison in the castle (McCormack 1997, 510). In 1541, his son James, 14th Earl of Desmond wrote a submission to King Henry VIII requesting ‘the preferment to have the leasse of Crom [Croom] and Adar [Adare], and other the late Erle of Kyldares landes, in the countie of Lymerike’ (Anon. 1834, 286). This land grant was confirmed in 1546 when Henry VIII granted ‘James earl of Desmond of the manors and dominions of Crome [Croom] and Adare, co. Limerick, for life, by fealty at 4d. rent’ (Gairdner & Brodie 1910, 476). By the late 16th century the castle was back in the possession of the Earls of Kildare. In 1600 there is a reference to the strategic location of the castle and to the presence of thatched houses standing inside the bawn of Croom Castle. In this year Sir George Carew wrote to the Privy Council that when he came to ‘the castle of Cromme [Croom], which was held by Piers Lacy, being now part of the Countess of Kildare's jointure, upon sight of the enemy, the ward, which Lacy had left in it, quitted the place, where some spoil fell unto the soldiers, and by mischance the house was burnt; but the loss not great, being old thatched houses, and the walls thereof standing good and firm, as they did before. This place gave great annoyance unto the subject being seated at the entry into Connello, which is the chief receptacle for all the rebels’ (Cal. S.P. Ire., 316-17). The castle is described in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick (Simington 1938, 135) as’ consisting of a ‘Castle a Bawne, an orchard & a Mill out of repaire and two Eele weares. There is a broaken bridge uppon ye river of Maige neer the Castle’. The owner of the castle in 1640 is listed as George Earle of Kildare’ (ibid., 135). In 1683 Thady Quin of Adare purchased a long lease of Croom Castle and its lands from the Earl of Kildare (Wyndham-Quin & Wyndham-Quin 1865, 180). In 1707 John Fitzgerald the 18th Earl of Kildare died and his lands including Croom passed into the hands of the Duke of Richmond who was the principal creditor to the Earl of Kildare. In 1711 the Duke of Richmond sold the lands of Croom to the Croker family of Ballyneguard / Ballynagarde (Lewis 1837, 436). In 1837 Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland recorded that the castle was abandoned and left in a ruinous condition after 1691 and ‘remained unoccupied till recently rebuilt by John Croker Esq., its present proprietor’ (ibid., 436). In 1837 the castle appears to have been incorrectly described by Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as he records that ‘the castle originally consisted of a central keep flanked by four circular towers’ (ibid., 436). This description of four circular towers does not match up with the depiction of the castle on the 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, and does not match the upstanding remains of the castle on the ground today. Croom Castle is situated on the west bank of the River Maigue on high ground over-looking the village of Croom. This castle is a multi-period monument the extent of which encompasses the footprint of the 19th century Croom Castle House and its courtyard walls which are depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25-i

• LI030-025006 Church
  Description

  Croom Church described in the Urban Survey of Limerick as following; 'The present church is a nineteenth century structure but the south door appears to be a re-used 16th/17th century door. The lower parts of the jambs are decorated with vertebrate tulip stems' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 121). Westropp (1904-5, 383) recorded the following details about Croom; 'A parish in Coshmagh and Pubblebrian. Cromadh, chief seat of the "Ui Cairbre Aobhdha, burned by Torlough O'Conor, 1151 (A.F.M.) ; Crumech Castle and lands, held by Maurice Fitzgerald, 1215 (Pat. R. England, xvii John) ; Cromuch, and Cromych Church, 1291 ; Crometh, 1302. The lands were the portion of Basilia Thursteyn, 1323 (Plea R. 147 of xvii Ed. II, m. 4). John Route was parson of Cromut, 1376 (Mem. R.); Thomas Hunter was rector, 1408 (Pat. R.); Thady O'Muleran (Mulrian), 1550; Irwen (or William) Hurley, 1551 (Lib. M. H. ii., pp. 97, 9, 8); Donald Kean, or Rean (Mulrian), rector of Cromye, vacant by death of Thady Kean, or Rean, and late usurped by William O'Hurnley, 1552 (Fiant 1159); Cromothe, 1581. Site - The I. C. church is on the old site. Map. D.S. (B.), p. 24, 1657'. Late 18th century Church of Ireland structure described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a; 'Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built c. 1780, having three-bay nave, slightly recessed single-bay chancel dating to 1868, single-bay vestry to north-east and three-stage square-plan tower to west. Now disused. Samuel Johnson in 1837 wrote that 'The church stands on the western bank of the river Maigue, and is a small neat edifice, in the early English style of architecture, with a square tower: it appears to have been erected on the site of a larger building, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £151. 2. 1. for its repair' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21828003). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 January 2019

• LI030-025007 Graveyard
  Description

  Post-medieval C of I church possibly standing on site of medieval church (LI030-025006-) in the centre of a roughly rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. 67m N-S; 64m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall of post-medieval date. Croom Castle (LI030-025005-) 140m to S, Croom Bridge 85m to E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 July 2014

• LI030-025008 Font (present location)
  Description

  The medieval font belonging to the parish church of Croom was described in the Urban Survey of Limerick as following; 'A rectangular deeply chamfered sandstone font of medieval date is placed in the rockery at the rear of the modern St Mary's R.C. church. It is damaged on three sides where iron bars have been affixed and because it is filled with clay it is unknown whether a drainage hole is present. The rim is also damaged and the pedestal is modern. It is decorated with two rows of moulding one of which is beaded. Dims: H. 45cm W. 65cm' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 121-2).

• LI030-025009 Town defences
  Description

  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

• LI030-134 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture with E side of the monument within the road-take for the Croom Bypass, 115m W of the River Maigue and which also marks a townland boundary with Tooreen. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Levelled enclosure identified by Celie O’Rahilly, Limerick County Archaeologist in advance of construction of the Croom bypass. Monument consists of a bivallate ringfort with second enclosure or ringfort (LI030-177----) adjoining to N. Archaeological testing under licence No. 97E0400 was subsequently carried out by Thaddeus Breen in 1997 and the bivallate enclosure or ringfort was described as: ‘A circular raised area enclosed by a slight ring-shaped depression. A geophysical survey carried out in advance of excavation revealed that it was enclosed by a circular ditch with a break in one side, presumably representing the entrance, and there appeared to be a further circular enclosure adjoining it, and a linear feature running eastwards. The first cutting exposed a section through the ditch. Another cutting, in the centre of the enclosed area, revealed a series of five post-holes. A third cutting investigated the linear feature shown by the geophysical survey, but no features were found here. There were no finds, apart from some modern material from the first cutting' (Breen 1998, 113). Investigated further during archaeological monitoring undertaken by Martin Fitzpatrick in 1999 and described as: ‘A subcircular area measuring 27.4m north-south by 25m, which is raised c. 0.5m above the surrounding ground. A low scarp defined the site in the north and south, while traces of a second, similar site were visible to the immediate north-west. Investigation of the monument in 1997 by Thaddeus Breen found that it represented a circular, ditched enclosure, possibly a bivallate ringfort, with a second ringfort adjoining it (Breen 1998, 113). These monuments had been levelled in the 19th century. The line of the road-take impinged only on the area to the east of the site and included a possible ditch and external bank feature to the north-east. Stripping of topsoil from the remainder of the field was monitored. The removal of topsoil in the area of the monument exposed a low bank feature that had been apparent in the survey of the monument. Lying to the north-east of the site, it was 6.5m long, 4.2m wide and 0.48m high. A drainage channel ran north-south through the bank, while a further drain bisected the bank in the south. The bank is made up of a compact, brown, natural subsoil. The survey conducted before excavations shows that this bank feature, while appearing to run from the second enclosure, follows the line of the larger enclosure and may represent a terminal feature associated with the monument. Immediately south of the bank, excavation revealed a possible ditch that was disturbed by numerous features. The ditch was cut into the grey, natural layer and was filled with an orange/brown, clayey silt. Finds from the fill included numerous fragments of modern glass and animal bone, as well as modern iron fragments. The ditch cut was most definite at the north edge and west face, where it was steep-sided and had a round bottom. A drain feature ran along the east side of the ditch, while further disturbance was evidenced by two drains that ran east-west through the ditch and into the monument. At the south end the ditch feature was further disturbed by a large, stone-filled soak pit. While the ditch feature in the north end appears to be original, the continuation of this ditch through to the south is not definite as it has been substantially disturbed. It may be that the original ditch feature ran for the length of the adjoining bank but was later extended to aid the significant drainage operation that saw the insertion of stone-filled drains throughout the field. The monitoring of topsoil-stripping revealed numerous drains that acted as drainage channels laid down in the not-too-distant past’ (Fitzpatrick 2000, 165). The remaining two-thirds of the levelled monument which is located outside the road-take for the Croom bypass is unexcavated and is visible as a faint semi-circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and site plans from excavation report Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 October 2020

• LI030-135 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on the route of the Croom Bypass, 100m W of the River Maigue and which also marks a townland boundary with Tooreen. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Levelled monument identified by Celie O’Rahilly, Limerick County Archaeologist in advance of construction of the Croom bypass and described as: ‘a circular platform of raised ground, measuring 24m diameter’. Archaeological testing in 1997 under licence No. 97E0399 was subsequently carried out by Thaddeus Breen and the results of the testing were summarised as following: ‘A circular, ditched enclosure with possible associated features outside the ditch (Breen 1998, 113). The ring-ditch was fully excavated (Licence No. 97E0399 ext.) and monitoring of topsoil to N and S was carried out by Fiona Rooney in 1999 and the results of the excavation were summarised as following: ‘The remains of a ring-ditch consisting of a subcircular central area measuring 33.3m north-south by 31.4m, raised c. 0.4m above the surrounding ground. This was enclosed by a ditch that had been reused in more recent times for land reclamation purposes. Removal of the sod and topsoil revealed the upper fills of a ditch and drain feature and an area of archaeological activity in the central raised area. During excavations it was found that the ditch had been greatly disturbed by a series of drains that followed the line of the ring-ditch. Here the stratigraphy consisted of a layer of orange/grey, silty clay overlying the stone drains. The original cut of the ditch had been altered by this disturbance. The basal fill of the ditch survived below the drains and contained inclusions of animal bone. In the east of the site (along the road boundary) an area 20m long had not been disturbed by land reclamation, and here the ditch and entranceway survived. The original ditch cut was 2.8m wide and c. 1m in maximum depth. Removal of the orange/grey, silty clay layer revealed the basal layer of the ditch and a deposit of stones in the north and south terminals. The deposit of stones contained inclusions of animal bone, charcoal flecks and a fragment of a lignite bracelet. The ditch was U-shaped in section. In the eastern half of the central raised area the remains of a possible structure were revealed. It was defined by two linear slot-trenches, both of which ran in an east-west direction. The fill of the trenches was a stony, grey/brown, silty clay with coarse components of animal bone and animal teeth. Within the area defined by the slot-trenches a number of shallow pits and post-holes were revealed. A scatter of cremated bone was also revealed below the topsoil within the dark, blackish-brown, silty clay deposit. Finds from the site included modern pottery, glass and clay pipe fragments, which came from the ditch, the drains and the topsoil. Coarse components from the structure consisted primarily of animal bone, some cremated bone and the occasional fragment of slag. A small pin was found in the disturbed area of the ditch, and a fragment of a lignite bracelet was discovered in the undisturbed context in the south terminal. Monitoring of the mechanical excavation of the topsoil revealed a number of drains, some of which were the same as those found during the manual excavation of the ring-ditch. Some of the drains appeared to run below the level of the road, therefore pre-dating its construction. Altogether, eleven drains were revealed: five ran in a north-south direction and were machine cut, two ran in an east-west direction, and the others ran along the line of the ring-ditch; all were manually cut. Modern glazed pottery fragments were the only coarse components revealed during the excavation of the drains’ (Rooney 2000, 164). Levelled monument has been completely excavated and is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 October 2020

• LI030-172 Burnt spread
  Description

  In pasture, 155m SW of the River Maigue, which also marks a townland boundary with Skagh. Enclosure (LI030-024----) lies 110m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Damian Finn and described as a black area of soil discovered during ploughing (local information). Possible site was described on inspection as an area of heat-shattered stones and charcoal flecked soil. Burnt spread is visible as a dark roughly circular-shaped cropmark on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, although it is not visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and sketch plan by Damian Finn. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 24 October 2020

• LI030-177 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 185m W of the River Maigue, which also marks a townland boundary with Tooreen. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Levelled enclosure identified by Celie O’Rahilly, Limerick County Archaeologist in 1995, in advance of construction of the Croom bypass. Monuments consists of a bivallate ringfort (LI030-134----) with a second enclosure or ringfort (LI030-177----) immediately to N. A geophysical survey carried out in advance of excavation revealed that there were positive magnetic anomalies to the N and NE of the bivallate ringfort. Archaeological testing under licence No. 97E0400 was subsequently carried out on the bivallate enclosure by Thaddeus Breen in 1997. During the testing, it was confirmed that this monument represents the remains of a circular, ditched enclosure, possibly a bivallate ringfort (LI030-134----), with a second ringfort (LI030-177----) adjoining it (Breen 1998, 113). These monuments had been levelled in the 19th century. The line of the road-take impinged only on the area to the east of the conjoined site and included a possible ditch and external bank feature to the NE. The monitoring of topsoil-stripping revealed numerous drains that acted as drainage channels laid down in the not-too-distant past’ (Fitzpatrick 2000, 165). The remaining portion of the levelled conjoined monument, which is located outside the road-take to W of the Croom bypass, is unexcavated and is not visible on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 24 October 2020

Architectural heritage

• Croom Castle, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-storey house, built c. 1800, within the bawn of the medieval Croom Castle. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. Stone chimneystacks. Crenellations to walls, may date to nineteenth century.

• Catholic Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built between 1808-21, with sacristy added in 1898. Rebuilding occurred in 1929 and roof raised in 1932. Church comprising three-bay nave having canted gable-fronted end-bays to nave, single-bay transepts and with lower sacristy with addition to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with pointed arch openwork bellcote to gable-front, having render cross finial, and render bracketed eaves course. Pitched slate roof to sacristy with painted brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered buttresses. Pointed arch openings having render hoodmouldings, limestone sills and stained-glass windows throughout. Pointed arch opening to north elevation with chamfered limestone surround, Y-tracery stained glass window and render hoodmoulding. Pointed arch opening to north elevation with chamfered limestone surround, render hoodmoulding and glazed overlight over double-leaf timber panelled doors having flanking limestone fonts. Pointed arch openings to transepts with render hoodmouldings and glazed overlights over timber battened doors. Square-headed opening to sacristy having glazed overlight over timber battened door. Quadripartite rib vaults to interior having rosettes and foliate corbels. Timber galleries with recessed pointed arch blind arcade. Pedimented canopy to altar having fluted Corinthian style columns and marble reredos. Square-headed openings to altar wall with ornate timber panelled doors. Marble railings to altar. Rubble limestone boundary walls terminating in square-profile piers to site.

• Saint Mary's Church (Croom), church/chapel, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built c. 1780, having three-bay nave, slightly recessed single-bay chancel dating to 1868, single-bay vestry to north-east and three-stage square-plan tower to west. Pitched slate roofs with carved limestone copings. Crenellations to tower. Roughcast rendered walls to nave. Roughly dressed limestone walls to tower having tooled limestone stringcourses. Snecked rusticated limestone walls to chancel and vestry with tooled limestone quoins. Pointed arch openings to nave with Y-traceried stained glass windows. Pointed arch opening to chancel having Y-traceried stained glass window. Pointed arch window opening to vestry having limestone surround. Pointed arch window openings to tower with timber louvered vents to third stage, blocked up to first stage. Blind quatrefoil motifs to tower, second stage having limestone surrounds. Pointed arch door opening to tower, south elevation with chamfered limestone surround, carved hoodmoulding and timber battened door. Pointed arch opening to vestry having chamfered limestone surround and timber battened door with limestone threshold. Graveyard to site having ornate grave markers and mausolea. Coursed rubble boundary walls to south with square-profile chamfered limestone rock-faced piers with carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates.

• Saint Mary's Church (Croom), mausoleum, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted limestone mausoleum, erected in 1802, for the Lyons family. Pitched stone roof with tooled stone copings. Render over rubble stone walls having tooled stone quoins, inscribed plaque and stringcourse to front (east) elevation. Pointed arch door opening to front elevation having cut stone surround, now blocked up. Barrel-vaulted mausoleum for the Childerhose family to south-west with concrete roof. Render over rubble limestone walls with inscribed limestone plaque to front (east) elevation. Square-headed door opening with metal door. Gable-fronted limestone mausoleum, erected c. 1800, to north. Pitched slate roof with tooled stone copings. Rubble stone walls having cut stone quoins, carved plaque with quatrefoil motif to west elevation and stringcourses to front (east) elevation and west elevation. Square-headed recessed niche to pediment, front elevation. Square-headed door opening to front elevation having cut stone surround, now blocked up. Gable-fronted limestone mausoleum to south-east, erected in 1806, for the Dickson family. Pitched slate roof. Render over rubble stone walls having inscribed heraldic plaque to front (east) elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening to front elevation having inscribed cut stone surround with keystone, now blocked up. Gable-fronted mausoleum to east, erected c. 1810. Pitched slate roof with render copings and limestone eaves course. Rubble sandstone walls having tooled limestone quoins. Square-headed niche with limestone lintel and square-headed door opening to front (west) elevation having cut limestone surround.

• Croom House, country house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1830, with projecting single-bay central breakfront, alterations carried out c. 1880. Projecting porch with Ionic columns. Square-headed window opening with architraves and replacement casement windows. Hipped roof behind parapet. Range of stables and outbuildings to rear.

• Mill (water), 1780–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay four-storey flour mill, built in 1788. Now in disuse. Pitched roof with limestone eaves course and brick chimneystack. Now roofless. Render over rubble limestone walls having cast-iron patris plates. Square-headed window openings with timber lintels, limestone sills and rubble limestone voussoirs. Square-headed door openings. Water-wheel to mill-race at east elevation. Ashlar and rubble limestone square-profile piers to south carved limestone caps, east cap having inscribed date. Double-leaf metal gates.

• Croom Mills, mill (water), 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay five-storey former mill, built c. 1850, with mill race and integral round arch to north elevation to accommodate former water wheel. Recent multiple-bay extension to south elevation. Hipped slate roof with recent rooflights. Rubble sandstone walls having tooled limestone quoins and cast-iron patris plates. Square-headed openings with brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement fixed windows. Square-headed opening to west elevation having brick voussoirs and replacement timber doors. Tooled limestone voussoirs and inserted uPVC windows to arch.

• Bridge, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Six-arch road bridge over the River Maigue, built c. 1790, with round-headed arches. Roughly dressed limestone walls with concrete parapet walls having metal railings. Cut limestone voussoirs to arches. Ashlar limestone V-cutwaters to south elevation and concert U-cutwaters to north elevation.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, having timber shopfront to front (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and painted stone sills. Shopfront comprising fluted Doric style pilasters and scrolled consoles with rounded pediments supporting cornice with dentillated course. Square-headed display opening having fixed window and panelled riser. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled double-leaf doors.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey bank, built in 1911, having pedimented breakfront to front (north) elevation and two-bay single-storey extension to east elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and rendered parapet. Roughcast rendered walls having render strip quoins to first floor, render date plaque and dentillated course to pediment, channel rendered walls to ground floor with render plinth course and fascia. Square-headed openings to first floor having render surrounds, concrete sills, render architraves and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to breakfront, first floor with render surround and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Segmental-headed openings to ground floor having render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed opening with moulded render surround and ornate capitals, glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Limestone steps to threshold. Sweeping roughcast rendered walls adjoining front elevation having render copings.

• Saint Mary's Presbytery, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery, built c. 1910, with two-bay return. Square-headed window openings to first floor with canted bay windows to ground floor. Round-headed door openings with fanlight and side lights. Hipped roof with rendered chimneystacks. Outbuildings to rear. Bounday walls to front.

• The Old Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built in 1813, having porch to front (east) elevation, single-bay two-storey extension to north, dormer windows to south, two-bay single-storey extension and single-bay single-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Flat roof to porch. Pitched slate roofs to rear extensions. Hipped slate roof to north extension. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Internal timber panelled shutters to windows. Round-headed opening to porch having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sill. Round-headed opening to porch with glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Four-bay two-storey outbuilding to west having hipped slate roof. Render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings to first floor with timber fittings. Square-headed openings to ground floor having red brick block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills, some with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Four-bay two-storey outbuilding to north having lean-to to front (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and terracotta ridge tiles. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with concrete sills and replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement half-glazed timber panelled door. Render over rubble limestone boundary walls to north courtyard having pair of square-profile render over rubble limestone piers to east and west with carved limestone caps. Pair of rubble limestone square-profile piers to east having carved limestone caps and double-leaf replacement metal gates.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_883 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Croom with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Croom · Cromadh

Area

3,654,592 m² (365.46 ha, 903.07 acres)

Civil parish

Croom, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Croom, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croom electoral division: 1,931 people in 671 households; 68% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Anhid West, Ballyouragan, Carrigeen, Carrow, Dollas Upper, Skagh, Tooreen

Placenames

Croom on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.