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(Encyclopedia) Galway, city, seat of Co. Galway, W
Republic of Ireland, on Galway Bay near the mouth of the Corrib River.
Industries include tourism, food processing, ...
(Encyclopedia) Derbent
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[key], city, SE European Russia, in Dagestan, on the Caspian Sea. It
st...
(Encyclopedia) Djibouti jēbo͞otēˈ [key], town (1995 est. pop. 383,000), capital of the Republic of Djibouti, a port on the Gulf of Tadjoura (an inlet of the Gulf of Aden). It is the nation's only sizable town an...
(Encyclopedia) Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), organization established by Civil War veterans of the Union army and navy. Principal figures in the founding of the GAR were John A. Logan and Richard J. Oglesby. The...
(Encyclopedia) Wicklow wĭkˈlō [key], county (1991 pop. 97,265), 782 sq mi (2,025 sq km), E Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Wicklow. The Wicklow Mts. and their foothills occupy almost the entire area of th...
(Encyclopedia) Galway
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[key], county, 2,293 sq mi (5,939 sq km), W Republic of Ireland. The
county ...
(Encyclopedia) Carlow
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[key], county, 346 sq mi (896 sq km), SE Republic of Ireland. The chief
town...
(Encyclopedia) Kilkenny kĭlkĕnˈē [key], Gaelic Cill Chainnigh, town (1991 pop. 8,515), seat of Co. Kilkenny, S Republic of Ireland, on the Nore River. The districts of Irishtown and Englishtown, separated by a s...
(Encyclopedia) Waterford, town (1991 pop. 41,853), seat of Co. Waterford, S Republic of Ireland, on the Suir River near the head of Waterford Harbour. The port town is a center for the export of fruit, meat, and the...
(Encyclopedia) Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. The primary imports are grain, timber, and coal...