Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Randalstown

Randalstown.-- market town with ry. sta., Drummaul par., in co. and 5 miles NW. of Antrim, on river Main, 2 miles above its influx into Lough Neagh, pop. 868; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday. Randalstown has flaxmills and bleaching works; Shane's Castle, seat of Lord O'Neill, is in the vicinity.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Antrim IrlC
Place: Randalstown

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