Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thomastown

Thomastown, market town and par. with ry. sta., mid. co. Kilkenny, on river Nore, 11 miles SE. of Kilkenny, 19½ miles N. of Waterford, and 91 miles SW. of Dublin - par., 2041 ac., pop. 1433; town, pop. 1067; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has a frieze factory, and extensive corn mills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kilkenny IrlC
Place: Thomastown

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