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Portarlington, market town with ry. sta., Lea par., Queen's co., and Clonyhurk par., King's co., on river Barrow and near a branch of the Grand Canal, 42 miles SW. of Dublin, 455 ac., pop. 2357; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Portarlington returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Laoighis County |
| Place: | Portarlington |
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