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jral, about four or five miles E. by N. of Bloody Farland 

 Point ; and a third in Lough Ree, an expanfion of the river 

 Shannon, in which was an abbey that the Danes plundered 

 and deilroyed in 1089. Beaufort, Carlifle. 



INISCALTRA, or Ixiscalthra, an i/land fituated in 

 the river Shannon, belonging to the county of Galway, 

 about two miles S. from mount Shannon, and eight N. by 

 W. from Killaloc. In this beautiful iJland are a fine ancho- 

 ret tower, above feventy feet high, and tlie remains of feven 

 fir.all churches. 



INISCATTERY, ©r Ikiscathrie, an ifland belong. 

 5ng to the county of Clare, province of Munfter, Ire- 

 land. This rich and beautiful little ifland is fituated at the 

 entrance of the river Shannon, between the counties of 

 Kerry and Clare, two miles S. by W. from Kilrufli, and 

 nc;ir!y oppofitc to the calilc of Canrigfoile, which was 

 litjitged and taten by iir W. St. Leger in i;So. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Archdall, a monaflery was founded in Inif- 

 eiittery, of wiiich St. Senan was the lirft abbot. There 

 were eleven churches for the monks, and no women were 

 permitted to land on the ifland before the coming of the 

 Danes into Ireland. In procefs of time it became a priory 

 of regular canons. The monument of St. Senan is dill to 

 be feen here, with the remains of eleven fmall churches and 

 feveral cells : in the ftone that enclofes the top of the altar 

 window of the great church is the head of the faint with his 

 mitre, boldly executed, and but little defaced. An ancient 

 round tower of 1 20 feet in height, and in complete repair, 

 graces the fcene. This ifland is remarkable for the refort of 

 pilgrims on certain feltivals. Archdall, Carhfle. 



INISDRISUL, or Inkdriscol, an ifland belonging to 

 the county of Cork, province of Munrter, Ireland, fitHated 

 in Roaring IVa.'er Bay, a little north of Cape Clear 

 ifland. 



INISDUFF, or InnisdC!!, a fmall ifland off the coaft 

 of Donegal, in the province of Ulfter, Ireland, about fix 

 miles N.E. from Bloody Farland Point. Carlifle. 



INISFREE, the name of two iflands off the weft coaft 

 of the county of Donegal, province of Uiiler, Ireland : one 

 of which is in the clufter of the North Arran ifles, a little 

 fouth of Rutland ; the other, which gives name to a fmall 

 harbour, lies between Rutland and Bloody Farland Point. 

 M'Kenzie, Beaufort. 



INISGLORA, a fmall uninhabited ifland off the weft 

 coaft of Mavo, in the province of Connaught, Ireland. 



INISGO'ULA, an ifland in Clew bay, county of 

 Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland, on the eaft fide of 

 ■which is t^ood anchorage for large velTels. Mackenzie. 



INISHARK Island, an ifland near the weft coaft of 

 Ireland and county of Galway. N. lat. ^^° 34'. W. long. 

 10'' 14'. 



INISHEGIL, or^ according to Mackenzie, InlfbegiU 

 an ifland off tte coatl of Mayo, Ireland, between Achill 

 iiland and the main land. 



INISHERKAN, an ifland near the fouth coaft of Ire- 

 land, belonging to the county of Cork, on the weft fide of 

 Baltimote harbour. N. lat. 51" 24'. W. long. 9° 19'. 



INISHONAN, or Inishannon, a poft-town of Ire- 

 land, in the county of Cork, ;ind province of Munfter. It 

 is on the Bandon river, ten miles from Cork, three from 

 Bandon, and i ^S.W. from Dublin. 



INISHOWEN. a large peninfula and barony of the 

 county of Donegal, Ireland, which ftretches N.E. from 

 Londonderry, bounding Lough Foyle. It is a dreary 

 mountainous region, but great exertionf have been made to 

 ineiicrate its satural rudencfj. It indeed returns a greater 



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rent than any other part of the county. The mountam* 

 feed a number of cattle, and the flats produce tolerable 

 crops. They have manure of the beft quality in abundance, 

 fuch as limeftone, fliells, and fea-ware, which ad powerfully 

 upon the barrennefs of the foil. Robertfon. 



IxLsiiowEN- Head, a cape in Ireland, forming the eaftern 

 extremity of the peninfula, a liltle north of the en- 

 trance into Lough Foyle. N. lat. 55.^ 15.'. E. long. 6^ 

 48'. 



INISKEA, the name of two fmall ifiinds off the weft 

 coaft of Ireland, between which there is good anchorage^ 

 They arc about two miles from the peninfula of the Mullet, 

 in the county of Mayo ; between 54^ 7', and 54° 10' N. lat. 

 ani 10' W. long. 



INISLIRE, an ifland m Newport or Clew bay, county 

 of Mayo, Ireland, ^^ich gives name to one of the beft fta- 

 tions for veftels in that extenfivebay. Mackenzie. 



INISMURRY, IxisMURUA, ox Imh-mmdhr, an ifland 

 which lies off the coaft of Sligo, Ireland, about three miles 

 diftant from the main land. It contains ijo acres, two 

 wells of excellent water, and fomebogoi remarkably good, 

 tui-f. The inhabitants are few, and live by fifliing. There 

 are the remains of fome chapels within a ftone wall ten 

 feet high, and from five to feven and eight feet thick, with- 

 out cemeii'. Mr. Archdall fays it isimpoffible to determine 

 whether it is round or oval ; and that more rude, inelegant 

 workmanfliip was never feen. There are a few cells under- 

 ground, which receive their light, forae through a hole atth'e- 

 top, others through a loop-hole in the fide ; they are dark 

 and horrible dungeons. Gen. Vallancey infers from part of 

 thefe ruins, that in Pagan times, the ifland was dedicated to 

 the worfhip of Boodha, and fays that a monument in this 

 ifland is an exadl reprefentation of the Mahoody of the Gen- 

 toos found in the ifland of Elephanta, near Bombay, by 

 captain Pyke. Many devotees ftill flock to this ifland to do 

 penance in the cells, and many are brought from great dif- 

 tances to be buried in the churches. There is a ledge of 

 rocks running from this ifland, which require the attentiott 

 of all who enter the bay of Sligo. Vallancey's Profpedus 

 of a Dictionary ; Carlifle. 



INISTIOGE, a fmall poft-town of Ireland, in the 

 county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinfter. It is fituated 

 on the river Nore, which is navigable to it, and over which 

 it ha^ a bridge with ten arches. Iniilioge is one of thofe places 

 which before the Union fent two members to the houfe of 

 commons of Ireland. It is 63 miles S.W. from Dublin. 



INISTUISKAR, an ifland off the weft coaft of the 

 county of Kerry, Ireland, about four miles from Caunfza 

 head, and north of the Blafquets. N. lat. 5-2° 8'. W. long. 

 10' 25'. 



INISTURC, an ifland fituated about feven miles from 

 the weil coaft of Mayo, Ireland, not far from the Killcries. 

 N. lat 5'3''42'. W. long. 10''. 



INITIALIA, a name anciently given to the myfteries 

 of Ceres. See Cerealia. 



INITIALIS et paufa generaUt, the beginning of a mufi- 

 cal compofition, and the end. See Tempo, Prol.\tio.s', 

 and Pau.se. 



INITIANS Pinctum. See Punctum. 

 INITIATE, Tenant by Curtefy, in Lain. See Tesa\t. 

 INITI.aTED, a term properly ufed in fpeaking of the 

 religion of the ancient heathens ; where it fignifies being 

 admitted to the participation of the facred myfteries. • 



The word conies from the Latin inhialus, of initiare, 

 initial-! ; which properly fignifies to begin facrificing, or to 

 " -:eive or admit a perfon to the beginnmg of the myfteries, 

 of ceremonies of lefs importance. 



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