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Killybegs.-- seaport town, Upper Killybegs par., in SW. of co. and 17 miles W. of Donegal, pop. 764; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. The salmon and herring fisheries are productive. The bay affords safe anchorage for the largest vessels; on St John's Point and Rotten Island are 2 lighthouses, each 47 ft. high, with fixed lights (Killybegs) 98 and 66 ft. above high water and seen 14 and 12 m.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "seaport town" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
Administrative units: | Donegal IrlC |
Place: | Killybegs |
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