A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Ballinasloe, market town, in pars..of Creagh and Kilcloony, on borders of cos. Roscommon and Galway, on river Suck, 34 miles E. of Galway and 94 miles W. of Dublin by rail -- township, 4238 ac., pop. 4772; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday, the latter being the principal. It has large corn mills and farming implement works. A great fair, chiefly for cattle, is herd here annually in October, lasting five days. Garbally Castle, in vicinity, is the seat of the Earl of Clancarty.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Galway IrlC Roscommon IrlC |
| Place: | Ballinasloe |
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