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BUNCRANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUNCRANA  , a

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town and watering-place of Co .
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Donegal, Ireland, in the north
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parliamentary division on the east
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shore of Lough Swilly, on the Londonderry & Lough Swilly &
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Letterkenny railway . Pop . (1901) 1316 . There is a trade in agricultural produce, a salmon fishery, sea
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fisheries and a manufacture of
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linen . The town is beautifully situated, being flanked on the east and south by hills exceeding r000 ft . The picturesque square keep of an ancient castle remains, but the
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present Buncrana Castle is a residence erected in 1717 . The golf-links are well known .

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