A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Carrickmacross, or Magheross, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., S. co. Monaghan, 51 miles NW. of Dublin -- par., 16,708 ac., pop. 6960; township, 118 ac., pop. 2002; 2 Banks. Market-days, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the last for grain. It has a large trade in corn and provisions; and possesses a free grammar school, founded and endowed by Lord Weymouth in 1711.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Monaghan IrlC |
| Place names: | CARRICKMACROSS | CARRICKMACROSS OR MAGHEROSS | MAGHEROSS |
| Place: | Carrickmacross |
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