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Buttevant, market town and par., N. co. Cork, on river Awbeg, 27 miles N. of Cork and 138 miles SW. of Dublin by rail -- par., 11,582 ac., pop. 2695; town, pop. 1409; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. Here are fine remains of an abbey, and the modernised seat of B. Castle. B. is a garrison town.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Cork IrlC |
Place: | Buttevant |
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