Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon, market town with ry. sta., Kiltoghert par., co. Leitrim, and Killukin par., co. Roscommon, on river Shannon, 37 miles SE. of Sligo and 98 miles NW. of Dublin by rail, pop. 1384; 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. It is the assize and chief town of co. Leitrim, and has a good market for grain and provisions. There are military barracks here.


(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: Leitrim IrlC

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