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  • 51Pierre-Guillaume-Frederic Le Play —     Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play     A French economist, born at La Rivière (Calvados), 11 April, 1806; died at Paris, 5 April, 1882. His childhood was spent among Christian… …

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  • 52The Monastic School of Aran —     The Monastic School of Aran     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Monastic School of Aran     The three islands of Aran stretch across the mouth of Galway Bay, forming a kind of natural breakwater against the Atlantic Ocean. The largest of the… …

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  • 53Aberfoyle —    ABERFOYLE, a parish, in the county of Perth, 14 miles (W. by S.) from Doune, and 20 (W. by N.) from Stirling; containing 543 inhabitants. This place derives its name from the situation of the church, near the mouth of a rivulet called, in… …

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  • 54Alloa —    ALLOA, a burgh of barony, sea port town, and parish, in the county of Clackmannan, 7 miles (E.) from Stirling; containing, with the villages of Cambus, Coalyland, Holton Square, and Tullibody, 7921 inhabitants, of whom 5434 are in the burgh,… …

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  • 55Cross and Burness —    CROSS and BURNESS, a parish, in the island of Sanda, county of Orkney; containing 983 inhabitants, of whom 515 are in Cross, and 468 in Burness. These two ancient parishes, now united, include about onehalf of the island in which they are… …

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  • 56Dunbar —    DUNBAR, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Haddington; containing, with the villages of East and West Barns, 4471 inhabitants, of whom 3013 are in the burgh, 11 miles (E. by N.) from Haddington, and 28 (E. by N.) from Edinburgh …

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  • 57Dundee —    DUNDEE, a royal burgh, sea port town, and parish, in the county of Forfar; containing, with part of the village of Lochee, 62,794 inhabitants, of whom 60,553 are within the burgh, 14 miles (S. by W.) from Forfar, and 40½ (N. by E.) from… …

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  • 58Dunkeld and Dowally —    DUNKELD and DOWALLY, a parish, in the county of Perth, 15 miles (N. by W.) from Perth, and 55 (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; comprising the ancient city of Dunkeld, partly within the parish of Caputh; for many years the seat of the primacy of the… …

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  • 59Dunkeld, Little —    DUNKELD, LITTLE, a parish, in the county of Perth, adjoining Dunkeld, and containing, with the village of Inver, 2718 inhabitants. This parish, which includes the ancient parish of Laganallachy, is bounded on the north east by the Tay, and is… …

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  • 60Durness —    DURNESS, a parish, in the county of Sutherland, 20 miles (N. W. by W.) from Tongue, and 76 (N. W.) from Golspie, containing 1109 inhabitants. This parish, of which the name is of doubtful origin, anciently comprised the whole of the lands… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland