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County Roscommon, Ireland
VILLAGES
Croghan
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
CROGHAN, a village, in the parish of KILLUKEN, barony of BOYLE, county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (N. by W) from Elphin, on the road to Boyle.
It is an improving village, containing about 20 houses and cabins, the property of Guy Lloyd, Esq.
Drugget, frieze, and flannel are manufactured here; petty sessions are held every Tuesday, and fairs on the Wednesday after Trinity-Sunday and the 28th of October, for fat cattle, for which the October-fair is considered to be one of the largest in this district. Here is a constabulary police station, and a dispensary; and a loan fund was established by Mr. Lloyd, in 1833, with a capital of £500.
In the village
is the Roman Catholic parochial chapel, a spacious and well-built structure;
and in the immediate vicinity is Croghan House, the handsome residence
of Guy Lloyd, Esq., who has effected considerable improvements in the neighbourhood.
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