Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coal Island

Coal Island, vil. with ry. sta. (Coalisland), 5 miles NE. of Dungannon, E. co. Tyrone, on a branch canal 4 miles to river Blackwater, pop. 677; P.O., T.O., called Coalisland. Market-day, Tuesday. Coal of an inferior quality is mined here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tyrone IrlC
Place names: COALISLAND     |     COAL ISLAND
Place: Coal Island

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