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no identification apparent from these entries. 1576 "Walter Leo held 

 Donkipp (Fi. 2784). 1582 He held the ruinous C, garden, croft, 

 and water-mill (Des. R., 71). 1587 Granted to E. Mainwaring (Pat. 

 R. ; Inq. Exch., 25 ; Peyton, p. 233b). 1611 It had been granted by 

 Elizabeth to Rob. Cullome, who sold it to E. Browne (Inq. Chan., 6b). 

 1619 Granted to D., Earl of Thomond (Pat. R., xxvi.). 1641 Ric. 

 Harte held it (Dep., 155), and James Bourke, 1655 (C.S., xxiv., p. 27 ; 

 D.S.A., 49). 1667 Confirmed to Col. H. St. Leger (Act Sett.). 



173. Ceoom (30). Harked. 1144 Cromadh, burned by Torlough 

 O'Conor (A.F.M.). 1215 Crumeth C. granted to Maur. Fitz Gerald 

 of Offally (C.S.P.I.). 1293 His dau. Juliana de Cogan held it for a. 

 sparrow-hawk and three pence (Red Book of Kildare). 1295 It is 

 alleged that the burgesses of Cromyt paid 10s. to the sheriff Rog. de 

 Lesse that their corn should not be taken for the King's use (Justic. 

 R. Cal., p. 52). 1310 The Earl of Kildare licensed to wall the town 

 of Cromoth. 1323 Held by Basilia Thursteyn (Plea R.). 1334 C. 

 repaired by J. Darcy (Pat. R.). It remained a chief C. of the Earls of 

 Kildare, who took from it their war-cry, " Crom aboo ! " 1 524 Gerald, 

 Earl of Kildare, gave a sorell horse to Phil, mac David, constable of 

 Croom (App. 9 Rep. D.K.R., p. 281). Confiscated from Silken 

 Thomas, and granted, 1547, to Earl of Desmond (Pat. R.). 1600 

 Held by Pierce Lacey, who fled on the approach of Carew (Pac. Hib. 

 I., p. 108). 1610 Restored to Earl of Kildare. 1641 Edm. Perry^ 

 besieged there by Leo of TuUyvin (Deps. 374, 383). 1657 A 

 Manor, C, bawne, orchard, mill, two eel-weirs, and a broken bridge 

 (C.S., xxiv., p. 23). 1721 Pui'chased by J. Croker,' of Ballinagarde. 



Fabric. — Part of a peel tower remains near the modern house. 

 (See "Round about County Limerick," Rev. Jas. Dowd, p. 131.) 



174. Castlekippen. Unknown, probably at Croom. 1597 Castle- 

 kippen, in Crome, late estate of Maur. (Mac Ric.) O'Riordan, 

 attainted, granted to G. Sherlock (Fi. 6175). 1604 The C. of Castle- 

 kippen, in the towne of Crome as above, granted to R. Leycester 



1 Edmond was nephew of "W. Pery, buried in St. Mary's, Limerick, Oct., 1633, 

 the son of W. Pery, of Exeter (Funeral Entry, Book VI., Ulster's Office, Dublin), 

 and was ancestor of the Viscounts Limerick. His wife was daughter of Edm. 

 Sexten, of St. Mary's Abbey, Limerick, and heiress to her nephew, who died, 1671. 



2 Edward Croker, of Ealeighstown, Limerick (slain in the rising of 1641), is 

 believed to have been the third son of T. Croker, of Trevillas, Cornwall. His son, 

 John, married an heiress of Sir T. Browne, whose grandson, John, settled at 

 Ballinagarde. 



