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WESTPORT , a market-See also: town, seaport and seaside resort of County Mayo, See also: Ireland, near the mouth of a small See also: river in Clew See also: Bay
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Pop
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(Igor) 3892
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The town is 16o m
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W. from See also: Dublin by the Midland See also: Great Western railway, Westport Quay at the river mouth being served by a branch See also: line
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There is a small export See also: trade in grain
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The beautiful demesne of the See also: marquess of See also: Sligo enriches the neighbourhood
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Clew Bay, thickly studded with islands and surrounded with mountains, is one of the most magnificent of the great inlets on the W. See also: coast
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Near the S. See also: shore is Croagh Patrick (2510 ft.), an isolated conical See also: hill of singularly perfect
See also: form, in wide repute as a place of pilgrimage
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