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Maryborough, market and co. town and township with ry. sta., Borris par., mid. Queen's co., on Triogue rivulet, 51 miles SW. of Dublin, 504 ac., pop. 2872; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Thursday. Maryborough has considerable trade and extensive corn mills. It is named after Queen Mary, in whose reign Queen's co. was formed out of the territory of Leix. See PHILIPSTOWN.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market and county town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Laoighis County |
| Place: | Maryborough |
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