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| | County Clare - A description in 1837 |
 | | He died in 1287, at Bunratty, seized, according to the English law, of the province of Thomond, which descended to his son and heir, Gilbert de Clare, and, on the death of the latter without issue, to his brother, Richard de Clare. |
 | | Clare is included in the Munster circuit : the assizes are held at Ennis, and the quarter sessions at Ennis, Six-mile-Bridge, Kilrush, Ennistymon, and Miltown-Malbay. |
 | | The title of Earl of Thomond, derived from this county, was raised to a Marquesate in 1800, in favour of the family of OBrien, which also derives from the extensive territory of Inchiquin the titles of Earl and Baron, and from the district of Burren also that of Baron. |
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