Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Portarlington

Portarlington, market town with ry. sta., Lea par., Queen's co., and Clonyhurk par., King's co., on river Barrow and near a branch of the Grand Canal, 42 miles SW. of Dublin, 455 ac., pop. 2357; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Portarlington returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Laoighis IrlC
Place: Portarlington

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