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FISHGUARD (Abergwaun)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 437 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FISHGUARD (Abergwaun)  , a market
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town, urban
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district, contributory
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parliamentary borough and seaport of Pembroke-
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shire, Wales, near the mouth of the
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river Gwaun, which here flows into Fishguard
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Bay of St George's Channel . Pop . (1901) 2002 . Its railway station, which is the chief
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terminus of the South Wales
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system of the
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Great Western railway, is at the
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hamlet of Goodwick across the bay, a mile distant to the south-west . Fishguard Bay is deep and well sheltered from all winds save those of the N. and N.E., and its immense commercial value has long been recognized . After many years of labour and at a great
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expenditure of
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money the Great Western railway has constructed a
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fine
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breakwater and railway pier at Goodwick across the
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lower end of the bay, and an important passenger and goods
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traffic with Rosslare on the opposite Irish coast was inaugurated in 1906 . The importance of Fishguard is due to the
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local
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fisheries and the excellence of its harbour, and its early
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history is obscure . The chief
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historical
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interest of the town centres round the so-called " Fishguard Invasion " of 1797, in which
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year on the 22nd of
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February three French men-of-war with troops on board, under the command of General Tate, an Irish-
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American adventurer, appeared off Carreg Gwastad Point in the adjoining parish of Llanwnda . To the great alarm of the inhabitants a
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body of about 1400 men disembarked, but it quickly capitulated, practically without striking a blow, to a combined force of the local militias under
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Sir Richard Philipps, Lord
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Milford and John Campbell, Lord
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Cawdor; the French frigates meanwhile sailing away towards Ireland . For many years the castles and prisons of Haverfordwest and Pembroke were filled to over-flowing with French prisoners of war . Close to the banks of the Gwaun is the
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pretty estate of Glyn-y-mel, for many years the residence of Richard Fenton (1746-1821), the celebrated
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antiquary and historian of Pembrokeshire .

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