Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for JAMESTOWN

JAMESTOWN, a village, in that part of the parish of TAGHBOY which is in the barony of ATHLONE, county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (S. E.) from Mount-Talbot, near the road to Athlone; containing 126 inhabitants.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Roscommon IrlC

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