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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 281 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NAVAN , a See also:

market See also:town of See also:county See also:Meath, See also:Ireland, situated at the confluence of the See also:Blackwater with the See also:Boyne. Pop. (19o1) 3839. It is a railway junction of some importance, where the Clonsilla and Kingscourt See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway crosses the See also:Drogheda and See also:Oldcastle branch of the Great See also:Northern. By the former it is 30 M. N.W of See also:Dublin. Navan is the See also:principal town of county Meath (though See also:Trim is the county town), and has considerable See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:flour, some manufacture of woollens and of agricultural implements, and a tannery. Navan was a See also:barony of the See also:palatinate of Meath, was walled and fortified, and was incorporated by See also:charter of See also:Edward IV. It suffered in the See also:civil See also:wars of 1641, and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union in ',Soo. It is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council, and is a favourite centre for See also:rod-fishing for See also:trout and See also:salmon.

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