418 



Till-: r.Ki'risii isles. 



Ulster. — Ulster consists of thoeoiuitics of Nortb-wcstera Ireland, and is more 

 densely peopled than any other portion of the island. This population, however, is 

 crowded into the large towns in the east, where Scotch settlers introduced the 

 linen industry. The west of the province is wholly pastoral and agricultural, 

 and Irish is still spoken or understood there by many people. In 1871, out of 



Fig. 204. — Cari.tngfokd Lough. 



Fr.-.m iin A<lmiralty Chart. Scale 1 : 109,000. 



2 Miles. 



84,923 persons who spoke Iri.sh throughout the province, 77,788 resided in the 

 counties of Donegal, Tyrone, and Monaghan. 



Down is a maritime county, extending from Carlingford to Belfast Lough. 

 The Mourne Mountains and other barren hills occupy a considerable area, but the 

 county consists for the most part of fertile hills sloping down inland towards 

 Lough ]S"eagh. The linen trade is the principal resource of the inhabitants. 



Ncicry, at the northern extremity of Carlingford Lough, and on the Xewry 



