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BALBRIGGAN , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

TOWN

town and seaport of Co. See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

north See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, 214 M. N.N.E. of Dublin by the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern railway. Pop. (1901) 2236. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, though dry at See also:

low tides, has a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 14 ft. at high-See also:

WATER

water springs. and affords a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

REFUGE

refuge from the See also:

east or See also:

south-east See also:

GALES (mod. Calvi)

gales. There are two piers, and a railway viaduct of eleven See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches crosses the harbour. The town has considerable manufactures of cottons and See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery, " Balbriggan See also:

HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose " being well known. The See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry was founded by See also:

Baron See also:

Hamilton in 1761. There is some See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, &c., and See also:

sea-See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery is prosecuted. Balbriggan is much frequented as a watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in summer.

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