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Portumna, market town, Lickmolassey par., SE. co. Galway, on river Shannon, near the head of Lough Derg, 12 miles W. of Parsonstown, pop. 1252; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. Portumna has a good corn market. A small trading steamer sails daily to and from Killaloe, at the S. extremity of Lough Derg. Portumna Castle is the seat of the Marquis of Clanricarde.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Galway IrlC |
Place: | Portumna |
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