IRELAND. 



207 



S '< -. 



Cork, . 



Clarr 



Limeric, . 

 Tipperary, 

 NVaterford, 



JUr.i-,:,-;. 



16 

 8 

 9 

 9 



265) 

 83 

 79 



186 

 74 



Acres. 

 1,048,800 

 647,650 

 476,200 

 38^,7^0 

 5.54,950 

 262.800 



In the province of Munster, the following are the prin- 

 cipal places ; in the county of Cork, Cork the county 

 town, and a city, the second place in size and popu- 

 > in the kingdom, Bandon, Baltimore, Youghall, 

 and Rathcormiick ; in Kerry, Listorwell, Ardfert, the 

 county town and a city, Tralee and Dingle ; in Clare, 

 Killaloe a. city, Ennis, or Clare, the county town, and 

 Kilfinora ; in Limeric, Limeric the county town and a 

 city, Cattle Connel, Charlesville, Killmallock ; in Tip- 

 perary, Cahel the county town and a city, Tipperary, 

 Nenagh ; and in the county of Waterford, Lismore, 

 Dungarvon, an<l Waterford, the county townand a city. 

 . of the places above enumerated are of consider- 

 able size ; so that, if we except Dublin. Cork, Belfast, 



Limeric, Galway, Sligo, Londonderry, Dundalk, New- 

 aterford, Wexforn 1 , Kindle, Kilkenny, and a few 



a single exception, all the places of even tolerable size 

 and population, have a near and easy communication 

 with the sea. The chief town* in the interior are ra- 

 ther venerable for their ecclesiastical antiquity than im- 

 portant in themselves : Kilkenny is an exception. 



Recapitulation. 



I ! -.-r 



53 

 97 

 48 

 59 



HI 

 'i! 

 ?'< 

 816 



Aem. 

 5.201,200 

 8,792,550 

 8.6SO.SOO 

 3,577,150 



From these Table* t will be seen that the Urgest of 

 the province* i* Munrtcr. and the smallest Con naught ; 

 and that the largest county i* Cork, and the smallest 

 Louth : it may also be remarked, that Leinster contain* 

 a far greater number of parishes in proportion to it* 

 area than any of the other provinces, which circum- 

 stance arises from it* having been first colonised and rises to the height of 2660 feet. 

 civilised by the English, and to the rnne*qaent en- With the exception of tin- S 

 creaae of it* population : a similar effect was remarked 

 under the statistic* of England, with respect to Nor- 

 folk and some other counties in that kingdom. The 



counties which are generally deemed mountainous. Statistics. 



Many parts are level, some quite flat, and many un- ''""Y"""*' 



even with hills of no great magnitude ; on the other 



hand, there are not any such low fenny flats as in Bri- 



tain. According to Dr. Beaufort, in his Memoir of a 



Map of Ireland, the most extensive levels are about the 



middle of the island, where a vast plain stretches quite 



across from sea to sea, from the coast of Dublin to the 



bay of Galway, including in its extent the Bog of Al- 



lan. In general the maritime parts, particularly the 



western, are more mountainous than the interior, yet 



the mountains are so disturbed that we find few places 



" in which, (to use this author's expression.) the jirn- 



pert is not somewhere terminated by this species o! 



majestic scenery, forming a back ground, seldom morr 



remote than 20 miles." The Irish mountains in gene- 



ral form short line* or detached groupes, as they are in 



unconnected masse* of different magnitudes ; in gene- 



ral they are of easy ascent, and adroit of culture a con- 



siderable way up their sides ; some of them, however, 



are precipitous, terminating in cones or spires. On 



the west and south of the l^ake of Killamey, there is a 



chain of considerable height ; one of which, Mangerton 



is, according to Kirwan, 2693 feet above the level o!' 



the sea. On the north-west of Bantry Bay, there is a 



small chain which stretch to the east. To the north of 



this is the chain of mountains called Slce'vebogher and 



Nagles, followed by the Galtee mountains ; on the east 



of the province of Munster, the mountains of Knockan- 



down bend in a southerly direction to the bay of Dun- 



garvon. In the interior of the province of Leinster. 



the Sleeve-bloom mountains divide the King's and 



Queen's counties, and form a great chain ; in this pro- 



vince also lie the Wicklow mountain*, which are about 



SO English miles in length, and 12 in breadth. In the 



south-east corner of the province of Ulster are the 



mountains of Mournr; one of them called Sleeve Donaw, 



in the county eT Down, is said by Kirwan to have an 



elevation of 280Q feet above the level of the sea. The 



centre of this county i* formed of the mountains of 



Sleevecroob. The extreme western peninsula of Con- 



naught, i* one of the moot mountainous regions of Ire- 



land. In the county of Mayo, there is a solitary hill, 



called Mount Nephin, that, according to Kirwan, i> 



2630 feet above the level of the sea. Croagh Patrick, 



in the same county, on the south-east of Clew-bar, 





parish**) are subdivided into townlands, and plough- 

 lands, gneeve*, cartons, &c. 



The great*** elevation of the soil, or platform of Ire- 

 land, i in the Bog of Allan. This elevation doe* not ex- 

 ceed 370 feet, yet it is sufficient to give descent to the 

 grtatrst riven in the island. The ndge, or hack-bone 

 of Ireland, ran* through this bog, dividing the water* 

 of the Shannon from tho*e which flow, in an easterly 

 direction, to the Irish Channel, and southward to the 

 shores of Munster. Thi* elevated ground i* connected 

 with the principal mountain* of Ireland, winding on 

 the north to those of Tyrone, and on the south to tbo*e 

 of Sleeve- Bloom and the Galtee*, and afterward* turn- 

 ing to the west, to the peninsula of Corcaguinny. 



Ireland i* by no mean* a mountainous country ; for 

 -. though there are many hill* of considerable elevation, 

 vet neither their height, their continuity, or their num- 

 ber can give it that character, compared with those 

 6 



ption of the Shannon, Ireland posses- Hirer*. 

 se* no very considerable river The Shannon, which is 

 not only the largest river in this country, but one of 

 the finest in the Briti-h isles, rise* in the county of 

 Leitrim. After running a few mile*, it spreads into Slianno*. 

 Lough Allan ; from this lough it issues in a much fuller 

 stream than it entered. After a progress of sever.-il 

 mile*, it again expands its waters, and assumes the 

 name and form of Lough Esk ; this lough, however, 

 though long, is not very broad. On its exit from this, it 

 forms another lake, called Lough Ree. 15 miles long 

 and 5 broad ; afterwards it appears a large and beautiful 

 river. Between the counties of Tipperary and Clare, it 

 expands, and form* Lough Derg, or Derke, IK miles 

 long and 4 broad. On leaving this, its stream, now of 

 very considerable volume and rapidity, flows for seve- 

 ral miles, and at length falls into the sea, about 50 

 miles below Limeric, at a ulice called Knockpatrirk : 

 below this city, it expand* into a vast estuary from 

 3 mile* to 10 in breadth. The whole course of the 

 Shannon is about 1 70 miles ; and it i* nearly 7 miles 

 broad at it* mouth : in it* course it divides the pro. 



