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Navan, market town, township, and par., with ry. sta., mid. co. Meath, at the confluence of rivers Blackwater and Boyne, 16 ½ miles SW. of Drogheda and 31 miles NW. of Dublin - par., 3344 ac., pop. 4179; township, 455 ac., pop. 3873; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. Navan has a woollen factory and several flour mills, and is situated in a fertile district.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, township, and parish, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Meath County |
| Place: | Navan |
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