Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Newtown Forbes

Newtown Forbes, vil. with ry. sta., Clongesh par., in co. and 3 miles NW. of Longford, pop. 400; P.O., T.O.; Castle Forbes is the seat of the Earl of Granard.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Longford IrlC
Place: Newtown Forbes

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