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MARYBOROUGH

Volume 10 · 90 words · 1797 Edition

a borough, market, and post town, and the affixes town to the Queen's county, in the province of Leinster, in Ireland, so called in honour of Mary queen of England, who reduced this part of the country to shire-ground by act of parliament 6th and 7th Philip and Mary. It is governed by a burgo-master and bailiffs, and has a barrack for a troop of horse. It returns two members to parliament, and has five fairs. It is distant from Dublin 40 miles. N. Lat. 53°. W. Long. 7°. 20'.