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Too many ailing, going to hospital in Irish town (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maynooth

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'irish town' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'too many ailing going to hospital' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'too' is 'oot' which is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'many' is 'mayn' which is present in the answer.
'hospital' could be 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps) and 'h' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for maynooth that I've seen is " ... College, the National University of Ireland".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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