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harbour, which is governed by commissioners and can accommodate vessels of 1 500 tons, has two piers, with quayage. There is a considerable import See also:

trade in See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate; and some exports of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and metallic ore, but the latter suffers by competition with the imports to See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain of See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur ore from See also:

Spain. The town has county buildings, a See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church embodying a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

Norman See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door from a previous structure, some ruins of a Franciscan See also:

abbey of the 13th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and remains of See also:

Black See also:

Castle, on a commanding situation above the See also:

sea, founded in Norman times and rebuilt by See also:

William See also:

Fitzwilliam after See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by the Irish in 1301. The name shows the town to have been a See also:

settlement of the Norsemen. The cliff scenery to the S. towards Wicklow See also:

Head is See also:

FINE

fine, and the town has some claims as a seaside resort. It is governed by an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council.

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