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AvocaColumbia Encyclopedia entry: Avoca
Avoca or Ovocaəvō'kə, river, c.15 mi (24 km) long, formed by the union of the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers, in Co. Wicklow, E Republic of Ireland. It flows SE to the Irish Sea at Arklow. The river is celebrated by Thomas Moore's poem Meeting of the Waters.
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- Arklow
Arklow, town (1991 pop. 7,987), Co. Wicklow, E Republic of Ireland, on St. George's Channel at the mouth of the Avoca River. The town has become a popular resort and has a small fishing port. ...
- Meredith, Edwin Thomas
Meredith, Edwin Thomas, 1876–1928, American publisher and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1920–21), b. Avoca, Iowa. After 1896 he owned and edited the Farmers' Tribune, founded (1902) Successfu...
