THE SUBDIVISION OF lEELAND xli 



Definition of Boundaries : — 



Kerry. — Kerry South is divided from Kerry North by the 

 approximately south-east and north-west line which separates the 

 baronies of Glanarought, Dunkerron, Iveragh, and Corkaguiny on 

 the south from Magunihy and Trughanacmy on the north. 



Cork. — Cork West is divided from Cork Mid by " a line drawn 

 along the Killarney Junction Eailway from the border of Co. Kerry 

 to MiUstreet, thence running across the country in a straight line 

 to Macroom, thence in a similar line to Bandon and from that 

 town, following the Bandon river, to the sea" (AUin : "Flowering 

 Plants and Ferns of the County Cork," p. xii. 1883). Cork Mid is 

 divided from Cork East by the Great Southern and Western Eail- 

 way from Chatleville to Cork, and thence by the western shore of 

 Cork Harbour to the Ocean. 



TippERARY is divided into North and South by the Great Southern 

 and Western Eailway. 



Galway. — Galway West, or Connemara, is separated from Gal- 

 way North-east by Lough Corrib and the Eiver Corrib. The 

 dividing line between North-east and South-east is the Midland 

 Great Western Eailway from Ballinasloe to Oranmore, where the 

 line meets the sea at Oranmore village. 



Mayo. — " A boundary between East and West is tolerably well 

 marked by Lough Mask and the course of the Eiver Ayle, as far as 

 a small lake above Ballyhean Church ; from thence it is imaginary 

 for a short distance, until it reaches the nearest point on the road 

 from Tuam to Castlebar, close to a hamlet called Tully ; then it 

 follows that road as far as Castlebar, and from thence descends the 

 com-se of the water through Lough CuUin, and by the Eiver Moy to 

 the sea at Balhna " (Babington, loc. cit.). 



DoNEGAii is divided into East and West by a line dividing the 

 Baronies of Bannagh, Boylagh, and Kilmacrenan from Tirhugh, 

 Eaphoe, and Inishowen. This hne joins the head of Donegal Bay 

 to the head of Lough Swilly, cutting off the metamorphic moun- 

 tainous district of West Donegal from the limestones of Tirhugh, 

 the cultivated lowlands of Eaphoe, and the wild peninsula of 

 Inishowen. This NE. and SW. line divides the county into two 



