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Balbriggan, township, market and seaport town, Balrothery par., in co. and 22 miles NNE. of Dublin by rail, 516 ac., pop. 2443; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.Market-day, Monday. It carries on muslin embroidery and the weaving of calico and stockings (cotton), and is also a fashionable watering-place. It has light house on pier at S. side of entrance, with fixed light seen 10 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township, market and seaport town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dublin County |
| Place: | Balbriggan |
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