what county is macroom in
Macroom (/mÉ.ËkruËm/ ; Irish: Maigh Chromtha) is a market town and civil parish in the barony of Muskerry West, County Cork, Ireland.It is situated in a valley of the River Sullane, about halfway between Cork city and Killarney.acroom was the main base in Cork for the British Auxiliary Division during the 1919â1921 Irish War of Independence. The Irish Republican Army was highly active in the county, especially in the areas around Macroom, Bandon and Dunmanway.