Clare Places: Crusheen: Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845

Crusheen

A village in the parish of Inchicronane, barony of Upper Bunratty, Co. Clare, Munster. It stands on the road from Ennis to Loughrea, 7 miles north-north-east of Ennis, and 8 south of Gort. A dispensary here is within the Ennis Poor-law union, and serves for a pop. of upwards of 8,000; and, in 1839-40, its receipts amounted to £111 6s., and its disbursements to £85. In the vicinity are the mansions of Ballyline, Augustine Butler, Esq.; and Port, Hugh O’Loughlin, Esq. Area, 19 acres. Pop., in 1831, 316; in 1841, 194. Houses 32.

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845
Courtesy of Clare Local Studies Project