Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GROGAN

GROGAN, a village, in the parish of LEMANAGHAN, barony of GARRYCASTLE, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 4 ½ miles (N. W.) from Clara, on the road to Farbane; containing 52 houses and 298 inhabitants.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Offaly County
Place: Grogan

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