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| | Easkey Civil Parish, Sligo, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | EASKEY, a parish, in time barony of TYRERAGH; county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 11 1/2 miles (N. E.) from Ballina (Co. Mayo) on the old road to Sligo town ; containing 6124 inhabitants, of which numbers 289 are in the village. |
 | | The village consists of one long street of 76 houses, and has petty sessions once a fortnight, a market on Wednesday for provisions, fairs on June 3rd and Nov. 18th, and is a chief constabulary police station ; fairs are also held at Rosslee in July, and on Oct. 28th. |
 | | Portland, pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Easkey, is the residence of R. |
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