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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))
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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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