Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballybay

Ballybay, par. and market town, in co. and 9 miles SE. of Monaghan, and 79 miles from Dublin by rail -- par., 8741 ac., pop. 4011; township, 58 ac., pop. 1654; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. It has linen mfrs., and an important flax market.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Monaghan County
Place: Ballybay

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