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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.
Macroom, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. co. Cork, on river Sullane, 25 miles W. of Cork and 190 miles SW. of Dublin - par., 12,666 ac., pop. 4981; town, pop. 3099; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. Macroom has a good market for grain, pigs, butter, &c. In the vicinity is Macroom Castle, a seat of the Earl of Bantry, originally built in the reign of King John, and now modernised.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Cork IrlC |
| Place: | Macroom |
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