A vision of Ireland through time
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.
Lurgan.-- town with ry. sta., Shankill par., N. co. Armagh, 20 miles SW. of Belfast and 93 miles N. of Dublin, 851 ac., pop. 10,135; 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday. It is situated about 3 miles S. of Lough Neagh, and in a populous and fertile district. The linen and muslin mfr., chiefly in cambrics, lawns, diapers, and damasks, is extensively carried on. Lurgan gives the title of baron to the Brownlow family, whose seat of Brownlow House is in the vicinity.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Armagh IrlC |
| Place: | Lurgan |
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