Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Portlaw

Portlaw, market town, Clonagam par., in co. and 11 miles W. of Waterford, on river Clodiagh, 2½ miles S. of Fiddown ry. sta., pop. 1891; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Saturday. Portlaw has a large cotton factory.


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

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Feature Description: "market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Waterford IrlC
Place: Portlaw

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