TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVISION OF IRELAND,
Reading edition
With the Baronies, Parishes, and Contents in Irish Acres.
Baron. Parish. Acres.
⎧ *Armagh contains 5 20 181,450
⎪ Down 8 60 348,550
ULSTER. ⎪ Antrim 8 77 387,200
9 Counties. ⎪ Londonderry 4 31 318,500
8928 ⎨ Donnegal 5 42 679,550
square miles. ⎪ *Tyrone 4 35 463,700
⎪ Fermanagh 8 18 283,450
⎪ *Cavan 7 30 301,000
⎩ *Monaghan 5 19 179,600
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54 332 3,143,000
Lough Neagh covers 58,200
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3,201,200
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⎧ Louth 4 61 110,750
⎪ Meath 12 147 327,900
⎪ Dublin 6 107 142,050
⎪ Wicklow 6 58 311,600
LEINSTER. ⎪ Wexford 8 142 342,900
12 Counties. ⎪ *Kilkenny 9 127 300,350
6936 ⎨ *Carlow 5 50 137,050
square miles. ⎪ *Kildare 10 113 236,750
⎪ *Queen's County 8 50 235,300
⎪ *King's County 11 52 282,200
⎪ *Westmeath 12 62 231,550
⎩ *Longford 6 23 134,150
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97 992 2,792,550
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CONNAUGHT. ⎧ Galway 16 116 989,950
5 Counties. ⎪ Mayo 9 68 790,600
7125 ⎨ Sligo 6 39 247,150
square miles. ⎪ Leitrim 5 17 255,950
⎩ *Roscommon 6 56 346,650
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42 296 2,630,300
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⎧ Cork 16 269 1,048,800
MUNSTER. ⎪ Kerry 8 83 647,650
6 Counties. ⎪ Clare 9 79 476,200
9000 ⎨ Limerick 9 125 386,750
square miles. ⎪ *Tipperary 10 186 554,950
⎩ Waterford 7 74 262,800
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69 816 3,377,150
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252 2,436 12,001,200†
* The thirteen inland counties are distinguished by an asterisk.
† All fractions having been excluded from this calculation, it is very
much under the full number of acres in Ireland.
An Irish Acre contains 7840 square yards.
Scotch 6130 ditto.
English 4840 ditto.
From Port Patrick to Donaghadee 25 English miles.
Holyhead to Dublin 63 ditto.
Milford Haven to Waterford 85 ditto.
No part of Ireland is more than fifty miles from the sea.