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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 556 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARKLOW , a seaport and See also:

market See also:town of Co. See also:Wicklow, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 49 M. S. of See also:Dublin, by the Dublin .& See also:South-Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 4944• See also:Sea-See also:fisheries are prosecuted, and there are See also:oyster-beds on the See also:coast, but the produce requires to be freed from a See also:peculiar flavour by the purer See also:waters of the Welsh and See also:English coast before it is See also:fit for See also:food. The produce of the See also:copper and See also:lead mines of the Vale of See also:Avoca is shipped from the See also:port. There are See also:cordite and See also:explosives See also:works, established by Messrs Kynoch of See also:Birmingham, See also:England. In 1882 an See also:act was passed providing for the improvement of the See also:harbour and for the See also:appointment of harbour commissioners. The town See also:hall and the See also:Protestant See also:church (1899) were gifts of the See also:earl of Carysfort, in whose See also:property the town is situated. There are slight ruins of an See also:ancient See also:castle of the Ormondes, demolished in 1649 by See also:Cromwell. On the 9th of See also:June 1798 the Irish insurgents, attacking the town, were defeated by the royal troops near Arklow See also:Bridge, and their See also:leader, See also:Father See also:Michael See also:Murphy, was killed.

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