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BALBRIGGAN , a

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MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

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TOWN

town and seaport of Co .

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DUBLIN

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Ireland, in the

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PARLIAMENTARY

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DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, 214 M . N.N.E. of Dublin by the

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GREAT

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NORTHERN

Northern railway . Pop . (1901) 2236 . The

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HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, though dry at

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low tides, has a

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DEPTH

depth of 14 ft. at high-

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WATER

water springs. and affords a

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

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REFUGE

refuge from the

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east or

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south-east

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GALES (mod. Calvi)

gales . There are two piers, and a railway viaduct of eleven

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ARCHES, COURT OF

arches crosses the harbour . The town has considerable manufactures of cottons and

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HOSIERY

hosiery, " Balbriggan

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HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose " being well known . The

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INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry was founded by

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Hamilton in 1761 . There is some

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COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

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GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, &c., and

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FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery is prosecuted . Balbriggan is much frequented as a watering-

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PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in summer .

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