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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 270 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALLINASLOE , a See also:

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

market See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

GALWAY

Galway, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

east See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division, 91 m. W. of See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, on the Midland See also:

GREAT

Great Western See also:

main See also:

LINE

line. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (Igor) 4904• The See also:

RIVER

river Suck, an affluent of the See also:

Shannon, divides it into two parts, of which the eastern was in county See also:

Roscommon until 1898. The town contains remains of a See also:

castle of Elizabethan date. See also:

INDUSTRIES

Industries include See also:

BREWING

brewing, See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling, tanning, See also:

HAT

hat-making and See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage-See also:

BUILDING

building. See also:

Trade is assisted by See also:

WATER

water communication through the See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

canal to the Shannon. The town is widely celebrated for its great See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-See also:

FAIR

fair held in See also:

OCTOBER

October, at which vast See also:

numbers of cattle and See also:

sheep are offered for See also:

sale. Adjoining the town is Garbally Castle, the seat of the See also:

EARL

earl of Clancarty, into the See also:

DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne of which the great fair extends from the town.

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