Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Keady

Keady, town, township, and par., in co. and 8 miles SW. of Armagh, on rivers Keady and Callan - par., 15,350 ac., pop. 7256; township, 212 ac., pop. 1598; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. The mfr. and bleaching of linen is carried on in the neighbourhood to a considerable extent; there are corn and flaxmills in the town.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Armagh IrlC
Place: Keady

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