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BALLYSHANNON
, a seaport and See also:market-See also:town of Co
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See also:Donegal, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, at the mouth of the See also:Erne; on the Bundoran See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway
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Pop
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(1901) 2359
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The See also:river is here crossed by a See also:bridge of twelve See also:arches, which connects the town with the suburb of The See also:Port
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Below the bridge the river forms a beautiful cascade, 150 yds. wide, with a fall at See also:low See also:water of 16 ft
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Here is the See also:salmon leap, where the See also:fish are trapped in large See also:numbers, but also assisted to See also:mount the fall by salmon-ladders
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The See also:fisheries are of great value, and there is an export See also:trade to See also:England in salmon, which are despatched in See also:ice
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The See also:harbour is a small exposed See also:creek of Donegal See also:Bay, and is only accessible to small vessels owing to a See also:bar
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Previous to the See also:Union Ballyshannon .returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament and it was incorporated by See also: Coolmore, 3 M . N.W., is a bathing-resort . |
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