Appendix.) Shipbuilding is carried on to some extent,
but the principal trade is in corn, agricultural imple-
ments, and artificial manures. Nearly all the public
buildings are of modern date, but in the old town there
are some curious specimens of ancient domestic archi-
tecture notably Sparrowes’ House (1567), Archdeacon’s
Place (1471), and Wolsey’s Gateway (1528). The bor.
returns 2 members to Parliament.

Iraghticonnor, bar., N. co. Kerry, 88,105 ac., pop.
24,786.

Irby, township, Woodchurch and Thurstaston pars.,
Cheshire, 64 m. SAY. of Birkenhead, 842 ac., pop. 154.

Irby in the Marsh, par. and vil., Lincolnshire,
5 miles SE. of Spilsby, 1090 ac., pop. 178.

Irby upon IIumber, par. and vil., Lincolnshire,
7 miles NE. of Caistor, 1811 ac., pop. 224.

Irchester, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 134
miles NE. of Northampton, 1980 ac., pop. 1699; P.O.;
has ironworks, also shoemaking and mat-making.

Ircby.—par. and vil., Cumberland, on river Ellen,
7 miles SAY. of Wigton, 3933 ac., pop. 421; P.O.—2.
Ire by, township, Thornton-in-Lonsdale par., N. Lanca-
shire, 2 miles SE. of Kirkby Lonsdale sta., 1141 ac.,
pop. 78.

Ireby, High and Low, 2 townships, Ireby par.,
Cumberland—High Ireby, 2733 ac., pop. 109 ; Low
Ireby, 1200 ac., pop. 312.

Ireland, hamlet, Southill par., Bedfordshire, 2 miles
NW. of Shefford.

Ireland, Ness of, promontory, with remains of
ancient church, on W. side of Dunrossness par., Main-
land, Shetland.

Ireland’s Eye, isl., in Irish Sea, E. co. Dublin, 14 m.
N. of Howth ; has remains of the church of St Nessan.

Ireleth cam Askhain, eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Askham),
Dalton in Furness par., N. Lancashire, pop. 3296; con-
tains Ireleth, vil., 2g miles N. of Dalton ; in the dist.
are large ironworks and extensive iron ore mines.

Ireshopeburn, vil., in par. and 7 miles W. of Stan-
hope, Durham; P.O.

Ireton, Kirk. See Kirk Ireton.

Ireton Wood, township, Kirk Ireton par., Derby-
shire, 3 miles SAY. of Wirksworth, 815 ac., pop. 118.

Iridge Place, seat, 2 miles E. of Etchingham, Sussex.

Irish Lady Bock, on AY. coast of Cornwall, 1 mile
NAY. of Sennen.

Irish Sea (called by the Romans Oceanus Hibernicus),
that part of the sea which separates Ireland from Eng-
land; is bounded NW. by the North Channel, N. by
Scotland, E. by England, S. by Wales and St George’s
Channel, and AY. by Ireland; is 150 miles wide between
Dundalk and Morecambe Bays, covers 7000 sq. miles,
and contains the isls. of Anglesey, Holyhead, and Man.

Irishtown, bathing-place, on S. side of Dublin Bay,
in co. and within the parliamentary limits of Dublin.

Irishtown House, seat, 6 m. N. of Maryborough,
N. Queen’s co.

Irk, river, SE. Lancashire; rises near Crompton, and
flows 10 miles SAV. to the Irwell at Manchester.

Irlam, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Eccles
par., Lancashire—dist., pop. 3009; vil., at confluence
of Irwell and Mersey, 74 miles NE. of Warrington;
P.O., T.O., called Irlams o’ the Height; contains the
seat of Irlam Hall.

Irlam, Low, hamlet, Eccles par., Lancashire, 64
miles NE. of AVarrington ; P.O.

Irmingland, par., Norfolk, on river Bure, 5 miles
NAY. of Aylsham, 714 ac., pop. 5.

Irnham, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, 64 miles NAV.
of Bourn, 3520 ac., pop. 284; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is
the seat of Irnham Hall.

Iron, Lough, on river Inny, N. co. Westmeath;
2 miles long.

Iron Acton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Gloucester-
shire, 2 miles NW. of Yate Junction and 54 miles SE.
of Thornbury, 2952 ac., pop. 1156 ; P.O.

Iron Isle, sunken rock, visible at low water, off
Brown Head, SW. coast of Arran island, Firth of Clyde.

Iron Pear Tree W'ells, mineral spring, Surrey,
74 miles SE. of Reigate.

Iron Boek (or Skcir Maoile), in Sound of Jura, Ar-
gyllshire; has a lighthouse about 83 ft. high, with
revolving light 73 ft. above high water and seen 14 m.

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