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| | Ballyjamesduff |
 | | BALLYJAMESDUFF, a market and post-town, and a district parish, in the barony of CASTLERAHAN, county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER, 8½ miles (SE) from Cavan, and 44¾ miles (NW by W) from Dublin; containing 3,227 inhabitants, of which number, 863 are in the town. |
 | | A school at Remonan is supported by Lord Farnham, and another at Ballyjamesduff is aided by private subscriptions: about 140 boys and 150 girls are instructed in these schools; and there are three pay schools, situated respectively at Rawson, Lackenmore, and Lackenduff, in which are about 180 boys and 90 girls. |
 | | BALLYJAMESDUFF, Co. Cavan, a market town between Virginia (6 m.) and Cavan (10 m.), is the subject of Percy French's ever-popular ballad 'Come back, Paddy Reilly, to Ballyjamesduff'. |
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