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session_n letter_n send_v from_o the_o council-board_n in_o order_n to_o the_o remove_n of_o all_o papist_n inhabitant_n out_o of_o galway_n lymrick_n waterford_n kilkenny_n clonmel_n and_o drogheda_n except_o some_o few_o trade_n merchant_n artificer_n and_o other_o necessary_a for_o the_o say_a town_n and_o garrison_n those_o be_v the_o principal_a in_o the_o kingdom_n where_o the_o papist_n be_v most_o numerous_a letter_n send_v from_o the_o council-board_n to_o the_o chief_a magistrate_n of_o the_o several_a corporation_n of_o cork_n lymerick_n waterford_n youghal_n clonmel_n galway_n kilkenny_n drogheda_n kinsale_n wexford_n athlone_n and_o ross_n for_o suppress_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o prohibit_v the_o celebration_n of_o their_o popish_a service_n within_o and_o without_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o say_a corporation_n 1679._o a_o order_n issue_v out_o from_o the_o lord_n lieutenant_n command_v colonel_n fitz-patrick_n immediate_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o city_n 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