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DUNGARVAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 680 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUNGARVAN , a See also:

market See also:town and seaport of Co. See also:Waterford, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, 281 m. W.S.W. from Waterford by the Waterford and See also:Mallow See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4850. It is situated on the See also:south See also:coast, on the See also:Bay of Dungarvan, at the mouth of the Colligan, which divides the town into two parts, connected by a See also:bridge of a single See also:arch. The eastern suburb is called Abbeyside, where the remains of an See also:ancient keep, erected by the M'Graths, still exist, together with portions of an Augustinian friary, founded by the same See also:family in the 14th See also:century and incorporated with a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:chapel. In the See also:main portion of the town a See also:part of the keep of a See also:castle of See also:King See also:John remains. See also:Brewing is carried on, and there are woollen See also:mills. The exports consist chiefly of agricultural produce. Dungarvan was incorporated in the 15th century, was represented by two members in the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union, and returned a member to the Imperial parliament until 1885. It was fortified with walls by John when the castle was built. A See also:story is told that See also:Cromwell spared the town from See also:bombardment owing to the wit of a woman who drank his See also:health at the town-See also:gate.

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