IRELAND. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 



Length 280 1 , C 5I 30' and 55° 20' North latitude. 



Breadth 160 $ Detween £ 5° 20' and 10° 15' West longitude. 



Ireland contains 27,457 square miles, with 145 inhabitants to each- 



Name. ...It appears that Ireland was known to the Greeks by the 

 name of Juverna. The Romans called it Hibernia. In the middle 

 ages it frequently was termed Scotia, which name was transferred to 

 Scotland when the Scoti from Ireland settled in the latter country. 

 The native denomination is Erin, which, it is said, signifies the Land 

 of the West; and from which both the ancient appellation Hibernia, 

 and the modern name Ireland, are probably derived. 



Boundaries. ...By the boundaries of an island we must be under- 

 stood to mean the different names given to the sea by which it is sur- 

 rounded in different parts. Thus Ireland has to the north, west, and 

 south, the Atlantic Ocean : and to the east St. George's Channel, 

 which separates it from Wales ; the Irish Sea, which divides it from 

 the English counties of Lancashire and Cumberland ; and the North 

 Channel, which separates it from Scotland. The distance from Dub- 

 lin to Holyhead in North Wales, the usual passage from England, is 

 about 60 miles ; but from Donaghadee to the Mull of Galloway in 

 Scotland, it is only about 20 miles. 



Divisions. ...Ireland is divided into four provinces, Leinster, Ul- 

 ster, Connaught, and Munster ; which are again subdivided into 32 

 counties : 



Leinster, 12 counties < 



Counties. 



Chief Towns. 



Dublin . . . 



. Dubun i^r- 5 * 02 *; 



£ W. Ion. 6° 6' 



Louth . . . 



Droheda. s 



Wicklow . . 



Wicklow. 



Wexford . . 



Wexford. 



Longford 



Longford. 



East Meath 



Trim. 



West Meath . . 



Mullingar. 



King's County 



Philipstown. 



Queen's County 



Maryborough. 



Kilkenny . . 



Kilkenny. 



Kildare . . . 



Naas and Athy, 



„Carlow . . . 



Carlow. 



