Rathdrum, County Wicklow

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Rathdrum like this:

Rathdrum, market town and par. with ry. sta., in co. and 9 miles SW. of Wicklow, on river Avonmore, 37 miles S. of Dublin - par., 5798 ac., pop. 1861; town', pop. 733; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. Great numbers of tourists pass through Rathdrum on their way to Glendalough, for which it is the nearest sta. Earl Fitzwilliam is the chief proprietor of the town.

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