Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Powerscourt

Powerscourt, par., NW. co. Wicklow, on river Dargle, 18,938 ac., pop. 2034; contains Powerscourt House, seat of Viscount Powerscourt, 4½ miles SW. of Bray; Powerscourt Waterfall, 3 miles to the SW., in the Dargle glen, has a fall of 300 ft.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wicklow IrlC
Place: Powerscourt

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