  croom ( meaning 'bend in the river') is a village in county limerick, ireland. it is located just off the n20 (which has bypassed the town since 2001) on the river maigue. it is 8&nbsp;km southeast of adare on the n20. ==history== cromadh (now croom) was a village in the territory of the ui fidgheinte, and one of the seats of the oâdonovans of the ui fidgheinte, which flourished from the late 4th century to the early 11th century. the townland is located on the river maigue, which although now having a tidal flow only to adare, in ancient years the river had a tidal flow past croom, making it a transit route for the viking ships traversing inland from the shannon during the 9th and 10th centuries. contacts arising along the maigue river between danish vikings and the ui donnabhains provide an insight into the alliance between the two groups in the late 10th century. john oâdonovan claimed in the annals of the four masters appendix to the annals of the four masters, edited john oâdonovan, page 2437 that croom derived its name from ancrom o'donovan crom ua donnabÃ¡in, who was slain in innis beale antha dos (now broadford) in 1254, based on the similarity of ancrom with crom. however, that claim has been thoroughly discredited.a history of the o'mahony septs,rev. canon john o'mahony, glenville, crookstown, journal of the cork archÃ¦ological and historical society, various issues, 1906-10, cork: guy & co., 1912 the earliest mention of cromadh in the historical annals was in 1151, when âa great predatory excursion was made by ruaidhri, son of toirdhealbhach ua conchobhair (rory oâconnor), into thomond; and he carried away many cows, and burned croma
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