Carrickmacross, or Magheross | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carrickmacross, or Magheross

Carrickmacross, or Magheross, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., S. co. Monaghan, 51 miles NW. of Dublin -- par., 16,708 ac., pop. 6960; township, 118 ac., pop. 2002; 2 Banks. Market-days, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the last for grain. It has a large trade in corn and provisions; and possesses a free grammar school, founded and endowed by Lord Weymouth in 1711.

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

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units:	Monaghan County
Place names:	CARRICKMACROSS \| CARRICKMACROSS OR MAGHEROSS \| MAGHEROSS
Place:	Carrickmacross

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