The

Witness

above is a copy of the Arms of Ireland
entered in a Manuscript Volume in
in my Office,
of the Reign of "KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

thereabouts.)

my

hand and seal this is". March 1844.

WBetham, Mlster Rung of Ams

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THE

PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER

OF

IRELAND,

ADAPTED TO THE NEW POOR-LAW, FRANCHISE, MUNICIPAL AND
ECCLESIASTICAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND COMPILED WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO THE LINES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL COMMUNICATION,
AS EXISTING IN

1844-45;

ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF MAPS, AND OTHER PLATES;

AND

PRESENTING THE RESULTS, IN DETAIL, OF THE CENSUS OF 1841,

DUBLIN, LONDON, AND EDINBURGH:

A. FULLARTON AND CO.

INTRODUCTION.

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POSITION.

IRELAND is usually designated the second in extent of the British islands; but, when viewed per se, it is seen to consist of a comparatively great continent, and a closely environing cordon of little islands. Its geographical position is between 51° 26′ and 55° 21′ north latitude, and between 5° 20' and 10° 26' longitude west of Greenwich; and its relative position is west of Great Britain, from the south of Argyleshire and the centre of Ayrshire in Scotland, to the north of Somersetshire in England or the south of Glamorganshire in Wales. It is bounded, on the north-east, by the North Channel; on the east, by the Irish Sea; on the south-east, by St. George's Channel; and on the south, the west, and the north, by the Atlantic Ocean. The Blasquet Islands in the barony of Corkaguiney, co. Kerry, are in the latitude of Charleton's Isle in Hudson's bay, and Bolus Head in the barony of Iveragh, co. Kerry, is in the latitude of the Straits of Belleisle in North America. Malin Head and Culdaff bay on the north coast of co. Donegal, are in the latitude of respectively Campbelltown and the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland; Bengore Head on the north coast of co. Antrim, is in the latitude of Girvan; a point between Cushendun and Cushendall, on the east coast of Antrim, is in the latitude of Ballintra; Glenarm is in the latitude of Newcastle-uponTyne; the middle of Island-Magee lies opposite Portpatrick; Black Head, at the north side of the entrance of Belfast Lough, is in the latitude of Durham; Donaghadee lies opposite the Mull of Galloway; Ballyferis Point lies nearly opposite Whitehaven; Killyleagh on Lough Strangford, is in the latitude of Dantzic; Dundalk is in the latitude of York; Clogher Head is nearly in the latitude of Hull; the town of Skerries is in the latitude of Hamburgh; Malahide lies opposite Liverpool; Dublin lies nearly opposite Holyhead; Bray is nearly in the latitude of Chester; Black-Bull, a little north of Wicklow, is in the latitude of Petropowloskoi in Kamtschatka; the Wolves, 5 miles south of Wicklow, are nearly in the latitude of Derby; Kilmichael Point is nearly in the latitude of Shrewsbury; the church of Donaghmore in the north-east of the barony of Ballaghkeen, is in the latitude of Norwich; Glascarrick Point is in the latitude of Berlin; Enniscorthy is in the latitude of Birmingham; the extreme north of Wexford Harbour is in the latitude of Amsterdam; the town of Wexford is in the latitude of Hanover; Greenore Point is in the latitude of Warsaw; the village of Broadway is in the latitude of Cambridge; Carnsore Point is in the latitude of Worcester; Bagenbon Head, near the south-west extremity of co. Wexford, is in the latitude of Stumble Head in South Wales; Mine Head, in the barony of Decies-withinDrum, co. Waterford, is in the latitude of St. David's; the entrance of Youghal Harbour is in the latitude of Rotterdam; Cork Head in co. Cork is nearly opposite the entrance of Milford Haven; the town of Bandon is in the latitude of Oxford; Skibbereen is nearly in the latitude of London; Baltimore is opposite Bristol; the southern part of the Sound between the mainland and Cape Clear Island is in the latitude of Bath; and Cape Clear, or the southern extremity of Cape Clear Island, is in the latitude of Leipzic. The shortest distances between Ireland and Great Britain, are 13 statute miles from Tor Point in co. Antrim to the Mull of Kintyre; 21 from Donaghadee in co. Down to Portpatrick in Galloway; and about 47 from Carnsore Point in co. Wexford to St. David's Head in Wales. But the most facile lines of communication between Irish and British ports, or those distances which are either run by regularly-plying steam-vessels or constitute the shortest and easiest for sailing vessels, are 138 statute miles from Londonderry to Greenock, 351⁄2 from Larne to Cairn, 107 from Belfast to Greenock, 156 from Belfast to Liverpool, 33 from Bangor to Nessock, 21 from Donaghadee to Portpatrick, 23 from Donaghadee to Nessock, 143 from Dundalk to Liverpool, 138 from Drogheda to Liverpool, 130 from Dublin to Liverpool, 63 from Dublin to Holyhead, 70 from Dublin to Porth-diulleyn, 104 from Kingstown to Fishguard, 60 from Wicklow to Porth-diulleyn, 79 from Wicklow to Fishguard, 90 from Wexford to Porth-diulleyn, 69 from Wexford to Fishguard, 104 from Waterford to Fishguard, 112 from Waterford to Pembroke, 222 from Waterford to Bristol, and 268 from Cork to Bristol.

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