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STRABANE

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 973 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STRABANE , a See also:

market See also:town and the See also:principal town of Co. See also:Tyrone, See also:Ireland. Pop. (1991), son,. It stands at the junction of the See also:rivers Mourne and Finn, which thenceforward See also:form the Foyle. It is 1614 m. N.W. by N. from See also:Dublin by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, and has also a station on the See also:Donegal railway, the two companies using See also:separate lines to See also:Londonderry. See also:Lifford, across the See also:river, practically a suburb of Strabane, is the See also:county town of Co. Donegal. A See also:short See also:canal connects the town with the point at which the Foyle becomes navigable. The See also:trade in See also:corn is considerable. See also:Linen and See also:shirt making, and See also:iron and See also:brass See also:founding, are prosecuted.

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castle of the See also:time of See also:James I. has See also:left no remains. The town is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council. It returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union in 1800.

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