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KENMARE

Volume 13 · 84 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town of Ireland, county of Kerry, Munster, at the head of Kenmare Bay, 15 miles S.S.W. of Killarney. The town is neatly built, having one wide street, from which several smaller ones diverge. It has a large Roman Catholic chapel, handsome parish church, newsroom, bridewell, and workhouse. The bay is crossed by an elegant suspension bridge, and a little below the town is a pier affording sufficient depth of water for vessels of large burden. Chief exports, corn and salmon. Pop. (1851) 1,501.