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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.
Leighlin, Old, par. and vil., W. co. Carlow, 2 miles SW. of Leighlinbridge, 9926 ac., pop. 1815; P.O.; was the seat of a flourishing monastery in the 7th century, and the seat of the diocese of Leighlin, now united with that of Ossory and Ferns. The cathedral, founded in 1185, is a plain Gothic structure.
(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 |
| Place names: | LEIGHLIN | LEIGHLIN OLD | OLD LEIGHLIN |
| Place: | Oldleighlin |
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