Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carlow

Carlow, par., co. Carlow, and township, also in Killeshin par., Queen's co., at the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Burren, 56 miles SW. of Dublin by rail -- par., 3319 ac., pop. 6589; township and town, 629 ac., pop. 7185; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers.Market-days, Monday and Thursday; has important agricultural markets. Anthracite coal is worked in the district. The town returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.


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

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Carlow IrlC

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