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College, founded 1830, is 1 mile NE. In the town and its vicinity are breweries, tanneries, corn-mills, and lime-kilns. A small shipping trade is carried on. On the new pier-head is a lighthouse, with fixed light (Castletown Harbour) seen 8 miles.—2. Castle- town, 3 miles NW. of Sunderland, Durham; P.O., T.O. —3. Castletown, seaport vil., Portland Isle, S. Dorset, 4¼ miles SE. of Weymouth; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; exports Portland stone.—4. Castletown, eccl. dist. (St Thomas), Castle Church par., W. Staffordshire, pop. 1400.
Castletown, vil., Olrig par., N. Caithness-shire, at S. corner of Dunnet Bay, 5 miles SE. of Thurso, pop. 932; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank; adjacent is the great Castlehill flag quarry, to which the vil. owes its prosperity.
Castletown.—par., E. co. Limerick, 5 miles NE. of Pallas Grean, 1724 ac., pop. 248.—2. Castletown, par., N. co. Louth, 2 miles NW. of Dundalk, on Castletown rivulet, 2610 ac., pop. 558.—3. Castletown, par. and vil., N. co. Meath, 3 miles SE. of Nobber, 4067 ac., pop. 387.—4. Castletown, vil., 3 miles N. of Ballyneen ry. sta. and 10 miles W. of Bandon, S. co. Cork ; P.O., de- signated C. Kinncigh.—5. Castletown, 4 miles SE. of Parsonstown, SW. Kings co.; P.O.—6. Castletown, vil., 7 miles W. of Bruree ry. sta., S. co. Limerick.—7. Castletown, hamlet, on river Shannon, in co. and 5 miles W. of Longford.—8. Castletown, vil., Athboy par., W. co. Meath, 10 miles SW. of Navan ; P.O.-—9. Castletown, vil. with ry. sta. (Mountrath and Castle- town), 2¼ miles SW. of Mountrath, W. Queens co., on river Nore, pop. 208 ; P.O.—10. Castletown, vil. withry. sta., 8 miles SW. of Mullingar, S. co. West- meath, pop. 181. The vil. is 1¼ mile S. of the sta., and has a P.O., called Castletown Geoghegan.—IB. Castle- town, 6 miles from Castlepollard, N. co. Westmeath; P.O.—12. Castletown, seat, 1 mile NE. of Celbridge, NE. co. Kildare.
Castletownarra, par., NW. co. Tipperary, 8 miles NW. of Nenagh, on Lough Derg, 6804 ac., pop. 1724.
Castletown Bay, inlet, in S. of Isle of Man, measuring 3 m. across entrance from Scarlet Point to Lang Ness.
Castletown Bearhaven, seaport town, Killa- conenagh par., SW. co. Cork, 20 miles W. of Bantry by sea and about 30 miles by road round the shore of Bantry Bay, pop. 1028; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Castletown Conyers, seat, 7 miles W. of Bruree ry. sta., S. co. Limerick; P.O.
Castletowndelvin. See Delvin.
Castletownely, par., SW. Kings co., 8 miles SW. of Roscrea, 1803 ac., pop. 119.
Castletown Geoghegan; P.O. See Castletown (S. co. Westmeath).
Castletownkindalen, par., S. co. Westmeath, 8 miles SW. of Mullingar, 11,349ac., pop. 1940; contains Castletown Geoghegan P.O. See Castletown (S. co. Westmeath).
Castletown Kinncigh, 3 miles N. of Ballyneen, S. co. Cork; p.o. See CASTLETOWN vil. (S. co. Cork).
Castletown Quarter, township, Rockliff par., E. Cumberland, on river Eden, 5 miles NW. of Carlisle.
Castletownrochc, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. co. Cork, on river Awbeg, 8 miles E. of Mallow—par., 6484 ac., pop. 1696 ; vil., pop. 820; P.O., T.O.
Castletownsend, seaport vil., Castlehaven par., 6 miles SE. of Skibbereen ry. sta., S. co. Cork, pop. 954; P.O. Market-day, Saturday. Fishing is the chief in- dustry. The seat of the Townsends is adjacent.
Castle Troy, seat, in co. and 3 miles E. of Limerick.
Castle Upton, seat of Viscount Templetown, near Templepatrick, S. co. Antrim.
Castle Urquhart, ancient stronghold, N. Inverness- shire, on W. shore of Loch Ness, 1¼ mile SE. of Drum- nadrochit; was besieged by Edward I.
Castle Yarrich, ruined fortalice, near head of Kyle of Tongue, N. Sutherlandshire.
Castleventry, par., S. co. Cork, 7 miles S. of Dun- manway ry. sta., 4753 ac., pop. 945.
Castle View, liberty, in S. of co. and within bor. of Leicester, pop. 153.
Castle walls, hill, Lochwinnoch par., Renfrewshire, 3 miles SW. of Johnstone, alt. 700 ft.; has remains of ancient camp.
Castle Ward, seat of Viscount Bangor, 6 m. NE. of Downpatrick, E. co. Down, at mouth of L. Strangford. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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