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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 942 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUNTMELLICK  , a

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market
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town of
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Queen's
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county,
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Ireland, pleasantly situated on the Owenass (an affluent of the
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Barrow) which nearly encircles it . Pop . (19o1), 2407 . It is the
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terminus of a
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branch of the
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Great
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Southern & Western railway, 72 M . N. of
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Maryborough and 582 W.S.W. of
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Dublin . A branch of the
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Grand
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Canal also reaches the town, providing
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water communication with Dublin, and with
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Waterford by the
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river Barrow . There are
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industries of malting, tanning, woollen and
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salt manufactures, and
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iron-
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founding . A
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settlement of
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Quakers has contributed largely to the prosperity of the town . A provincial school of the
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Leinster Society of
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Friends was founded here in 1796 .

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