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Bruff () is a town in east County Limerick, in the midwest of Ireland, located on the old Limerick–Cork road (R512). The town lies on the Morning Star river, with two bridges in the town itself. The horseshoe lake of Lough Gur is nearby. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

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Place details

Locality
The Municipal District of Cappamore — Kilmallock
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
783
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Bruff
Settlement.native_name_lang
ga
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Wall art, Bruff, Co. Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 1386755.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Mural on Crawford's Street depicting the Flight of the Earls
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Munster
Settlement.subdivision_type3
County
Settlement.subdivision_name3
County Limerick
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.population_total
803
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Official website
www.visitbruff.com
Image
Bruff RFC Crest.png
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Commons category
Bruff
Irish Grid Reference
R647369
native label
An Brú
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Bruff () is a town in east County Limerick, in the midwest of Ireland, located on the old Limerick–Cork road (R512). The town lies on the Morning Star river, with two bridges in the town itself. The horseshoe lake of Lough Gur is nearby. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

==Name== The town's official name in Irish is An Brú, historically written as Brugh. Older spellings in English, dating from 1200 onward, include Brun, Bruun, Bruin, Brugh, Browe, and Broff, Brown, Braun, Braff, Bruno, Bruneau, and An Bru’ because of its close association with the Anglo-Norman De Lacy family. The town's name was also rendered in Irish as Brú an Léisigh; it is believed that a modern name for the town, Brú na nDéise, is a corruption of this name that was popularised from the early 1900s on.

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