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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 283 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALLYSHANNON , a seaport and See also:

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

market-See also:

TOWN

town of Co. See also:

DONEGAL

Donegal, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

south See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division, at the mouth of the See also:

ERNE

Erne; on the Bundoran See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern railway. Pop. (1901) 2359. The See also:

RIVER

river is here crossed by a See also:

BRIDGE

bridge of twelve See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, which connects the town with the suburb of The See also:

PORT

Port. Below the bridge the river forms a beautiful cascade, 150 yds. wide, with a fall at See also:

low See also:

WATER

water of 16 ft. Here is the See also:

salmon leap, where the See also:

fish are trapped in large See also:

numbers, but also assisted to See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount the fall by salmon-ladders. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are of great value, and there is an export See also:

trade to See also:

England in salmon, which are despatched in See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice. 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 is a small exposed See also:

creek of Donegal See also:

BAY

Bay, and is only accessible to small vessels owing to a See also:

bar. Previous to the See also:

Union Ballyshannon .returned two members to the Irish See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament and it was incorporated by See also:

James I. There are slight remains of a See also:

castle of the O'Donnells, earls of See also:

Tyrconnell, where the See also:

ENGLISH

English, on attempting to besiege it, were defeated and lost heavily in their See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat across the river, in 1597. There are numerous raths.or encampments in the vicinity and other remains.

Coolmore, 3 M. N.W., is a bathing-resort.

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