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IRELAND. 



Ulster, 9 counties 



Counties. 



Down . t 

 Armagh 

 Monaghan . 

 Cavan . . 

 <[ Antrim . . 

 Londonderry- 

 Tyrone . . 

 Fermanagh 

 ..Donegal 

 Leitrim . . 

 Roscommon 

 Connaught, 5 counties <^ Mayo 

 { Sligo 

 LGahvay 

 "Clare 

 Cork . 

 Kerry 

 Limerick 

 j Tipperary 

 [_Waterford 



Munster, 6 counties < 



Chief Towns. 



Down Patrick. 



Armagh. 



Monaghan. 



Cavan. 



Carrickfergus. 



Derry. 



Omagh. 



Enniskillen. 



Liftord. 



Carrick on Shannon. 



Roscommon. 



Ballinrobe & Castlebar, 



Sligo. 



Gal way. 



Ennis. 



Cork. 



Tralee. 



Limerick. 



Clonmel. 



Water ford. 



Face of the country. ...Ireland is, in general, a level country, the 

 face of which is pleasingly diversified by nature with occasional hills 

 and gentle undulations, and clothed by the mild temperature and hu- 

 midity of the air with an unfading verdure. Yet a great part of the 

 island, from the scarcity of trees, and the want of improvement by 

 the cultivation which it seems to invite, presents only a naked aspect. 



Mountains. ...Ireland, as has been above observed, cannot be con- 

 sidered as a mountainous country, though several chains of high hills 

 are found in different parts. In the county of Down are ridges, call- 

 ed the mountains of Mourne and Iveagh, one of which, Slieve Do- 

 nard, or Mount Donard, has been calculated at a perpendicular height 

 of 1056 yai-ds. Many other mountains are found in Ireland, which 

 contain beds of minerals, coals, stone, slate, and marble, with veins of 

 iron, lead, and copper. 



The mountains Nephin and Croagh Patrick, in the county of Mayo, 

 are 880 yards high. The latter is in the form of an immense cone, 

 and discernible at the distance of 60 miles. 



Forests. ...There were formerly extensive forests in the counties 

 of Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and Antrim ; and considerable 

 woods in those of Wicklow, Wexford, Tipperary, and Cork. But 

 these have now disappeared, or at least have been greatly diminish- 

 ed, partly by the extension of tillage, and partly by the consumption 

 of them in fuel for domestic uses, and for the iron manufactories. 

 Ireland, however, affords excellent turf and moss, which are of great 

 service for firing, where wood and coals are scarce. 



Bogs. ...The bogs of Ireland, or, as they are called by the northern 

 Irish, mosses, form a principal feature of this country. They differ 

 from the English morasses in being rarely level, but rising into hills. 

 In Donegal there is a bog which presents a perfect scenery of hill 

 aed dale. Many of them are very extensive ; that of Allen, notwith- 

 standing it has been much diminished by the reclaiming a great por- 

 tion of it, still extends seventy miles in length, and is computed to 

 contain 260,000 acres-. There are many others of great extent, and 



