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Lifford, town, Clonleigh par., NE. co. Donegal, on river Foyle, opposite Strabane, 15 miles SW. of Londonderry, pop. 511; P.O. Lifford is the co. and assize town of Donegal, but in other respects is a suburb of Strabane. It gives the title of Viscount to the family of Hewitt.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Donegal IrlC |
Place: | Lifford |
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