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LIFFORD

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 608 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIFFORD  , the

county
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town of Co .
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Donegal, Ireland, on the
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left
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bank of the Foyle . Pop . (1901) 446 . The county
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gaol, court house and infirmary are here, but the town is practically a suburb of
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Strabane, across the
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river, in Co . Londonderry . Lifford, formerly called Ballyduff, was a chief stronghold of the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell . It was incorporated as a borough (under the name of Liffer) in the reign of James I . It returned two members to the Irish parliament until the union in 'Soo .

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