Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
|
CLONES
, a See also:market See also:town of Co
.
See also:Monaghan, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, 641 in
.
S.W. by W. from See also:Belfast, and 931 in
.
N.W. from See also:Dublin by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, on which See also:system it is an important junction, the lines from Dublin, from Belfast, from See also:Londonderry and See also:Enniskillen, and from See also:Cavan converging here
.
Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 2968
.
The town has a considerable argicultural See also:trade, and there are See also:corn See also:mills and manufactures of agricultural implements
.
A former See also:lace-making See also:industry is See also:extinct
.
The market-See also:place, called the See also:Diamond, occupies the See also:summit of the slight See also:elevation on which the town is situated
.
Clones was the seat of an See also:abbey founded in the 6th See also:century by St Tighernach (See also:Tierney), to whom the See also:Protestant See also:parish See also: |
|
|
[back] CLONAKILTY |
[next] CLONMACNOISE |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.