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Title: A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom ..
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Capper, Benjamin Pitts
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Publisher: London : Printed for Richard Phillips
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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ruary and 20th September. Ireland, one of the British islands, lying Iin the Atlantic Ocean to the westward of)Great Britain, and separated from it by a Ichannel called, indifferently, St. GeorgesChannel, and the Irish Sen. It lies betweeu51° 19 and 55° 23 north latitude, and Ibetween 50 19 and 10° 23 west longitude. ;Its greatest length, measured on a meridian,is from the Stags of Cork harbour to BloodyFarland point in the county of Donegal,wbicli may be reckoned 235 miles; and thegreatest breadth, measured nearly on aparallel of latitude, is from the western pointof Mayo to the mouth of Strangford Lough,182 miles. The breadth, however, is veryunequal, in consequence of the deep indenta-tions on the western coast; so t.iat Galway-and Dublin bays, though on opposite coasts,aro not 120 miies distant from each other;and there is not a spot in the island morethan 60 miles from th« sea. The superficialcontents may be computed at ;0,370 squar«milcb, or 19,436,000 acres; and thcpopula-
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