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DUNGARVAN
, a See also:market See also:town and seaport of Co
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See also:Waterford, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, 281 m
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W.S.W. from Waterford by the Waterford and See also:Mallow See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4850
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It is situated on the See also:south See also:coast, on the See also:Bay of Dungarvan, at the mouth of the Colligan, which divides the town into two parts, connected by a See also:bridge of a single See also:arch
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The eastern suburb is called Abbeyside, where the remains of an See also:ancient keep, erected by the M'Graths, still exist, together with portions of an Augustinian friary, founded by the same See also:family in the 14th See also:century and incorporated with a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:chapel
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In the See also:main portion of the town a See also:part of the keep of a See also:castle of See also:
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