Macroom

Macroom is a market town in , southwest Ireland. It stands halfway between and at a point where the fertile Lee valley gives way to rugged uplands, and the road starts its climb over to County Kerry.
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  • Type: Town with 4,100 residents
  • Description: town in County Cork, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Magh Chromtha” and “Maghchromtha”
Photo: Richard Fensome, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Carrigaphooca Stone Circle.

Archaeological site
is a stone circle and National Monument located in , . is situated 4½ km west of Macroom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clondrohid.

Locality
Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , , four miles north of Macroom. is situated 5 km northwest of Macroom.

Macroom

Latitude
51.905° or 51° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
-8.9599° or 8° 57′ 36″ west
Population
4,100
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE MCR
Open location code
9C3HW23R+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52250948
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2962745
Wiki­data ID
Q1002636
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Macroom” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Macroom”
  • Breton: “Maigh Chromtha”
  • Bulgarian: “Макрум”
  • Catalan: “Macroom”
  • Cebuano: “Macroom”
  • Chinese: “馬克隆”
  • Chinese: “马克隆”
  • Cornish: “Maigh Chromtha”
  • Danish: “Macroom”
  • Dutch: “Macroom”
  • French: “Macroom”
  • German: “Macroom”
  • Indonesian: “Macroom”
  • Irish: “Maigh Chromtha”
  • Italian: “Macroom”
  • Japanese: “マクルーム”
  • Lithuanian: “Makrumas”
  • Manx: “Maigh Chromtha”
  • Polish: “Macroom”
  • Russian: “Макрум”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Maigh Chromtha”
  • Slovenian: “Macroom”
  • Spanish: “Macroom”
  • Swedish: “Macroom”
  • Ukrainian: “Макрум”
  • Urdu: “میکروم”
  • Welsh: “Maigh Chromtha”

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