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COLERAINE , a seaport and See also:market See also:town of Co. See also:Londonderry, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:Bann, 4 M. from its mouth, and 612 m. N.W. by N. from See also:Dublin by the See also:Northern Counties (Midland) railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 6958. The town stands upon both sides of the See also:river, which is crossed by a handsome See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge, connecting the town and its suburb, Waterside or Killowen. The See also:principal See also:part is on the See also:east See also:bank, and consists of a central square called the See also:Diamond, and several diverging streets. Among institutions may be mentioned the public See also:schools founded in 1613 and maintained by the See also:Honourable Irish Society, and the Academical Institution, maintained by the Irish Society and the See also:London Clothworkers' See also:Company. The See also:linen See also:trade has See also:long been extensively carried on in the town, from which, indeed, a See also:fine description of See also:cloth is known as " Coleraines." See also:Whisky-distilling, pork-curing, and the See also:salmon and See also:eel See also:fisheries are prosecuted. The mouth of the river was formerly obstructed by a See also:bar, but piers were constructed, and the harbours greatly improved by grants from the Irish Society of London and from a See also:loan under the River Bann See also:Navigation See also:Act 1879. Coleraine ceased to return one member to the Imperial See also:parliament in 1885; having previously returned two to the Irish parliament until the See also:Union. It was incorporated by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. It owed its importance mainly to the Irish Society, which was incorporated as the Company for the New See also:Plantation of See also:Ulster in 1613. Though fortified only by an earthen See also:wall, it managed to hold out against the rebels in 1641. There are no remains of a former priory, monastery and See also:castle. A See also:rath or encampment of large See also:size occupies See also:Mount Sandel, 1 m. See also:south-east.
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