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WICKLOW
, a seaport, See also:market See also:town, and the See also:county town of county Wicklow, See also:Ireland, picturesquely situated at the mouth of a See also:lagoon which receives the See also:river Vartry and other streams, 284 m
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S. of See also:Dublin by the Dublin & See also:South-Eastern railway
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Pop
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(1901) 3288
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The See also:harbour, which is governed by commissioners and can accommodate vessels of 1 500 tons, has two piers, with quayage
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There is a considerable import See also:trade in See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:iron and See also:slate; and some exports of See also:grain and metallic ore, but the latter suffers by competition with the imports to See also:Britain of See also:sulphur ore from See also:Spain
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The town has county buildings, a See also:parish See also: |
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