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CARRICKMACROSS , a marketSee also: town of Co
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See also: Monaghan, See also: Ireland, in the See also: south See also: parliamentary division, 68 m
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N.W. of See also: Dublin on a branch of the See also: Great See also: Northern railway
.
Pop. of See also: urban See also: district (1901) 1874
.
It has a pleasant, elevated site, a considerable agricultural See also: trade, and a famous' manufacture of lace, which is carried on in various conventual establishments
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There are some remains of an Elizabethan See also: castle, a seat of the earls of See also: Essex, which was destroyed during the See also: wars of 1641; the ruins of the old See also: church of St Finbar commemorate the same disastrous
See also: period
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CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, a market town and the county town of Co
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See also: Leitrim, Ireland, in the south parliamentary division, beautifully situated on the See also: left See also: bank of the upper Shannon, between Loughs See also: Allen and Boderg, close to the confluence of the Boyle
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Pop
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(1901) 1118
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It is on the See also: Sligo branch of the Midland Great Western railway, 90 M
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W.N.W. of Dublin, the station being across the See also: river in county Roscommon
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Though having so small a population it is the largest town in the county, is the seat of the assizes, and has quays and some river trade . The surrounding country, with its waterways, loughs and woods, is of considerable beauty . CARRICK-ON-SUIR, a market town of Co .See also: Tipperary, Ireland, in the See also: east parliamentary division, on the See also: north (left) bank of the Suir, 144 m
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W.N.W. from See also: Waterford by the Waterford & See also: Limerick See also: line of the Great See also: Southern & Western railway
.
Pop. of urban district (1901) 5406
.
It was formerly a walled town, and contains some See also: ancient buildings, such as the castle, erected in 1309, formerly a seat of the See also: dukes of See also: Ormonde, now belonging to the See also: Butler
See also: family, a branch of which takes the title of See also: earl from the town
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On the other See also: side of the river, connected by a See also: bridge of the r4th century, and another of See also: modern erection, stands the suburb of Carrickbeg, in county Waterford, where an abbey was founded in 1336
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The woollen manufactures for which the town was formerly famous are See also: extinct
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A thriving export trade is carried on in agricultural produce, condensed milk is manufactured, and slate is extensively quarried in the neighbour-See also: hood, while some See also: coal is exported from the neighbouring See also: fields
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Dredging has improved the navigable channel of the river, which is tidal to this point and is lined with quays
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