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Wexford (county) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 52 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.4667 decimal degrees |
Long: 006 34 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -6.5667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Consists of lowlands & glacial moraines; once inhabited by Danes; Anglo-Normans landed in 1169; dominated by MacMurrough Kavanagh family in 16th cen.; occupied by Cromwell's forces in 1649; cattle & crops are exported though Dublin & Wexford. |
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Wexford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Loch Garman (C,V,Irish Gaelic-P,U)
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County Wexford (C,V,display,O,English-P,U)
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Contae Loch Garman (C,V,Irish Gaelic,U)
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EI30 (C,V,FIPS,English,U)
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Loch Garman, Contae (C,V,Irish Gaelic,U)
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Wexford, County (C,V,English,U)
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county (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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