A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Drogheda, municipal borough, manufacturing and seaport town, and county of itself, in SE. of co. Louth, on the river Boyne, 4 miles from the sea, 32 miles N. of Dublin and 81 S. of Belfast by rail -- mun. bor. and county of the town of D., 454 ac., pop. 12,297; 5 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. The river Boyne is here crossed by a railway viaduct of 18 arches, and 95 ft. high. The town was taken by Cromwell in 1649. It carries on a considerable export trade, particularly with Liverpool, in cattle, sheep, grain, butter, eggs, &C. Vessels of 500 tons reach the quay. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) There are linen and cotton factories, flax-spinning mills, saltworks, breweries, and tanneries. The fisheries are increasing in value. D. returned 1 member until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough, manufacturing and seaport town, and county of itself" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Louth IrlC |
| Place: | Drogheda |
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