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BALLINASLOE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 270 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BALLINASLOE  , a

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market
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town of
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county
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Galway,
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Ireland, in the
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east
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parliamentary
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division, 91 m . W. of
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Dublin, on the Midland
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Great Western
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main
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line . Pop. of
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urban
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district (Igor) 4904• The
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river Suck, an affluent of the
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Shannon, divides it into two parts, of which the eastern was in county
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Roscommon until 1898 . The town contains remains of a
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castle of Elizabethan date .
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Industries include
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brewing,
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flour-milling, tanning,
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hat-making and
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carriage-
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building .
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Trade is assisted by
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water communication through the
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Grand
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canal to the Shannon . The town is widely celebrated for its great
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annual
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cattle-
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fair held in
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October, at which vast
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numbers of cattle and
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sheep are offered for
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sale . Adjoining the town is Garbally Castle, the seat of the
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earl of Clancarty, into the
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demesne of which the great fair extends from the town .

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