A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Mountmellick, market town and township, Ardea and Rosenallis pars., N. Queen's co., on branch of Grand Canal and Owenass rivulet, 6 miles W. of Portarlington and 6 miles NW. of Maryborough, 560 ac., pop. 3126; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. It has a woollen factory, a brewery, a tannery, and a tobacco manufactory, and in point of trade is the most important town in the county.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Laoighis IrlC |
| Place: | Mountmellick |
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