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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUNCRANA , a See also:

market-See also:town and watering-See also:place of Co. See also:Donegal, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division on the See also:east See also:shore of Lough Swilly, on the See also:Londonderry & Lough Swilly & See also:Letterkenny railway. Pop. (1901) 1316. There is a See also:trade in agricultural produce, a See also:salmon See also:fishery, See also:sea See also:fisheries and a manufacture of See also:linen. The town is beautifully situated, being flanked on the east and See also:south by hills exceeding r000 ft. The picturesque square keep of an See also:ancient See also:castle remains, but the See also:present Buncrana Castle is a See also:residence erected in 1717. The See also:golf-links are well known.

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