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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 559 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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market-See also:town, seaport and seaside resort of See also:County See also:Mayo, See also:Ireland, near the mouth of a small See also:river in Clew See also:Bay. Pop. (Igor) 3892. The town is 16o m. W. from See also:Dublin by the Midland See also:Great Western railway, Westport See also:Quay at the river mouth being served by a See also:branch See also:line. There is a small export See also:trade in See also:grain. The beautiful See also:demesne of the See also:marquess of See also:Sligo enriches the neighbourhood. Clew Bay, thickly studded with islands and surrounded with mountains, is one of the most magnificent of the great inlets on the W. See also:coast. Near the S. See also:shore is Croagh See also:Patrick (2510 ft.), an isolated conical See also:hill of singularly perfect See also:form, in wide repute as a See also:place of See also:pilgrimage.

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