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Lea (or Ley), par., N. Queen's co., on Grand Canal and river Barrow, 18,488 ac., pop. 4838; contains Portarlington and ruins of a castle built in 1260 and destroyed by Cromwell's army.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Laoighis IrlC |
Place names: | LEA | LEA OR LEY | LEY |
Place: | Lea |
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