Dungarvan

Dungarvan, a seaport of County Waterford, 141 miles SW. of Dublin by rail. Pop. (1861) 8614; (1891) 5263, chiefly engaged in hake, cod, herring, and other fisheries. The exports are grain, butter, cattle, and fish. Dungarvan has the remains of an Augustinian abbey, founded in the 7th century by St Garvan. It has besides the remains of walls built by King John, who also built the castle, now used as barracks. Till 1885 Dungarvan returned one member to parliament. Dungarvan Bay is 3 miles wide, about the same in length, and one to five fathoms deep.