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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KILLYBEGS , a seaport and See also:

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

market See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county 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, on the See also:

north See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast on Donegal See also:

BAY

Bay, the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the Donegal railway. Pop. (1901), 607. It derives some importance from its See also:

FINE

fine See also:

LAND

land-locked 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, which, affording See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation to large vessels, is used as a See also:

NAVAL

naval station, and is the centre of an important See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery. There is a large See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier for the fishing vessels. The manufacture of carpets occupies a See also:

PART

part of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, employing both male and See also:

FEMALE

female labour—the productions being known as Donegal carpets. There are slight remains of a See also:

castle and See also:

ancient See also:

church; and a See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring is still used. The town received a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from See also:

James I., and was a parliamentary See also:

borough, returning two members, until the See also:

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