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A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Enniscorthy, town and township with ry. sta., St Mary's and Templeshannon pars., mid. co. Wexford, on river Slaney, 77 miles S. of Dublin, 251 ac., pop. 5666; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday. A great trade in provisions, corn, and flour is carried on. There are several tanneries and a large brewery. The old castle, in the centre of the town, is the property of the Earl of Portsmouth. Vinegar Hill, in the immediate vicinity, was the scene of a skirmish in 1798. The Slaney is navigable for barges, and abounds in salmon and trout.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wexford IrlC |
| Place: | Enniscorthy |
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