Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan, town and par., S. co. Westmeath, on river Brosna and near a branch of the Grand Canal, 4 miles SE. of Horseleap ry. sta.- par., 6089 ac., pop. 1758; town, pop. 1033; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. It has a good market for eggs, butter, and poultry; and there are extensive corn and flour mills. Kilbeggan has a distillery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Westmeath IrlC
Place: Kilbeggan

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