Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Athboy

Athboy.-- par. and market town with ry. sta., W. co. Meath, on river A., 7 miles NW. of Trim -- par., 11,884 ac., pop. 2492; town, pop. 748; P.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Meath County
Place: Athboy

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