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Rathangan, small market town and par., in co. and 6 miles NW. of Kildare, on river Little Barrow and a branch of the Grand Canal, 6 miles NE. of Monasterevin ry. sta.- par., 11,531 ac., pop. 1702; town, pop. 683; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day,Monday. Rathangan has trade in corn and malting. The Duke of Leinster is the superior of the town.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kildare County |
| Place: | Rathangan |
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