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| | DUNGARVAN - LoveToKnow Article on DUNGARVAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | It is situated on the south coast, on the Bay of Dungarvan, at the mouth of the Colligan, which divides the town into two parts, connected by a bridge of a single arch. |
 | | The eastern suburb is called Abbeyside, where the remains of an ancient keep, erected by the MGraths, still exist, together with portions of an Augustinian friary, founded by the same family in the 4th century and incorporated with a Roman Catholic chapel. |
 | | Dungarvan was incorporated in the 15th century, was represented by two members in the Irish parliament until the Union, and returned a member to the Imperial parliament until 1885. |
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