CRUSHEEN, a village, in the parish of INCHICRONANE,
barony of BUNRATTY, county of CLARE, and province
of MUNSTER, about 6½ miles (N. N. E.) from Ennis,
on the road to Gort; containing 57 houses and 316
inhabitants. Fairs are held on the lands of "Brodagh
by Crusheen" on Jan. 17th, May 20th, Aug. 15th, and
Nov. 19th, for general farming stock. It is a constabulary
police station, and has a dispensary. Petty sessions
once a fortnight, and the road sessions for the district,
are held here; also a seneschal's court occasionally
for the manor of Bunratty, in which small debts
are recoverable. The old R. C. chapel stands here, and
a new one is now nearly completed: in the ancient burialground,
Sir Theobald Butler, who framed the articles
of the Treaty of Limerick, lies interred. See INCHICRONANE.