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Trim, market and assize town, township, and par. with ry. sta., mid. co. Meath, on river Boyne, 30 miles NW. of Dublin - par., 13,425 ac., pop. 3464; township, 162 ac., pop. 1586; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. Trim is the capital of co. Meath, and an ancient seat of the Irish Parliament. It contains a monument erected in honour of the Duke of Wellington, and the remains of an abbey and a castle.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market and assize town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Meath IrlC |
Place: | Trim |
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