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Volume 10 · 66 words · 1860 Edition

(literally garden), a market-town of Ireland, county of Galway, 18 miles S.E. of the town of that name. The town is generally neat and regular, and the three principal streets diverge from a square which forms the market-place. The chief public buildings are the parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, a district bridewell, and an infantry barrack. Market-day, Saturday. Pop. (1851) 5145, including 2637 in workhouse.