Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Edgeworthstown

Edgeworthstown, town with ry. sta., Mostrim par., E. co. Longford, 67½ miles NW. of Dublin, pop. 842; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday; the birthplace of Maria Edgeworth, the novelist (1767-1849). Near it is Edgeworthstown House, a seat of the Edgeworth family.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Longford IrlC
Place: Edgeworthstown

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