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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 973 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STRABANE  , a

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market
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town and the
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principal town of Co .
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Tyrone,
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Ireland . Pop . (1991), son, . It stands at the junction of the
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rivers Mourne and Finn, which thenceforward
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form the Foyle . It is 1614 m . N.W. by N. from
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Dublin by the
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Great
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Northern railway, and has also a station on the
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Donegal railway, the two companies using
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separate lines to
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Londonderry .
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Lifford, across the
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river, practically a suburb of Strabane, is the
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county town of Co . Donegal . A
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short
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canal connects the town with the point at which the Foyle becomes navigable . The
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trade in
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corn is considerable .
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Linen and
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shirt making, and
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iron and
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brass
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founding, are prosecuted .

A

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castle of the
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time of
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James I. has
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left no remains . The town is governed by an
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urban
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district
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council . It returned two members to the Irish
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parliament until the
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Union in 1800 .

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