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LURGAN

Volume 13 · 68 words · 1842 Edition

a town in the county of Armagh and province of Ulster, in Ireland, sixty-six miles from Dublin. It is a flourishing town, agreeably situated in the midst of a much improved country; and the inhabitants are extensively engaged in the linen manufacture. It stands on a gentle eminence, about two miles from Lough Neagh, of which it commands a most beautiful and extensive prospect. Long. 6.31.W. Lat. 54.35.N.