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| | GENUKI: Killaloe |
 | | KILRUSH, a sea-port, market and post-town, and a parish, in the barony of Moyarta, county of Clare, and province of Munster, 21 miles (S. W.) from Ennis, and 1301/4 (S. W.) from Dublin ; containing 9732 inhabitants, of which number, 3996 are in the town. |
 | | This town is pleasantly situated on the northern shore of the estuary of the Shannon, about 15 miles from its mouth, and on the creek to which it gives name, and to the convenience of which for export trade it owes its present importance. |
 | | The principal seats are Kilrush House, the residence of Crofton Moore Vandeluer, Esq., a handsome and spacious mansion immediately adjoining the town, and commanding an extensive view of the Shannon, and the Clare and Kerry shores ; Mount Pleasant, of Capt. J. |
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