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A vision of Britain through time
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Lucan, small town and par., in co. and 9 miles W. of Dublin by rail, on river Liffey and Royal Canal - par., 1125 ac., pop. 899; town, pop. 691; P.O., T.O. Lucan has stations both on the Great South and Western and the Midland Great Western railways, and a steam tramway extends between the town and Dublin city. There is a woollen factory here. A chalybeate spa in the vicinity was formerly much resorted to. Lucan gives the titles of baron and earl to the family of Bingham.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dublin IrlC |
| Place: | Lucan |
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