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County Galway
Ireland
Villages
Menlough or Minla
descriptions
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
MENLOUGH, or MINLA, a village, in the parish of KILLASCOBE, barony of TYAQUIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3½ miles (S. W.) from Castlebar (Co. Mayo), on the road from Monivae to Castle-Blakeney ; containing 230 inhabitants.
A market is held here, and black marble is found but not worked.
The castle was
lately destroyed by lightning, and is now in ruins.
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