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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 555 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLONES , a See also:

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

market See also:

TOWN

town of Co. See also:

MONAGHAN

Monaghan, 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, 641 in. S.W. by W. from See also:

BELFAST

Belfast, and 931 in. N.W. from See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin by the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern railway, on which See also:

SYSTEM

system it is an important junction, the lines from Dublin, from Belfast, from See also:

Londonderry and See also:

Enniskillen, and from See also:

CAVAN

Cavan converging here. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (1901), 2968. The town has a considerable argicultural See also:

trade, and there are See also:

corn See also:

mills and manufactures of agricultural implements. A former See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace-making 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 is See also:

EXTINCT

extinct. The market-See also:

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

place, called the See also:

DIAMOND

Diamond, occupies the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of the slight See also:

ELEVATION

elevation on which the town is situated. Clones was the seat of an See also:

abbey founded in the 6th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by St Tighernach (See also:

TIERNEY, GEORGE (1761–183o)

Tierney), to whom the See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church is dedicated. Remains of the abbey include a See also:

NAVE

nave and See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the 12th century, and a curious See also:

SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine formed out of a great See also:

block of red See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone. Other antiquities are a See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round tower of See also:

RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude See also:

MASONRY

masonry, 75 ft. high but lacking the cap; a See also:

RATH, GERHARD VOM (183o-1888)

rath, or encampment, and an See also:

ancient market See also:

CROSS

cross in the Diamond.

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