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Communities Also Named Ireland ...

We found nine communities that share the name Ireland.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Ireland is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Dubois County
      • This Ireland is located in Dubois County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Ireland.
    • Mississippi
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Ireland is located in Wilkinson County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Ireland.
    • Missouri
      • Monroe County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ireland.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Ireland is located in Grafton County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Ireland.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Ireland is located in Athens County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Ireland.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ireland.
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • This Ireland is located in Coryell County and lies 2,139 miles [3,442.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Ireland.
    • Washington
      • Clark County
      • This Ireland is located in Clark County and lies 2,843 miles [4,575.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ireland.
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • This Ireland is located in Lewis County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ireland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ireland ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beaver Meadow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
  • Beaver Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Mountain
  • Copper Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Lake
  • Glen Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Road
  • Greens Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Brook
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillcrest came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • James River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for James River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River
  • Marsh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
  • Pitchers Farm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pitchers Farm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchers Farm
  • Rocky Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain

How Far From Ireland to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ireland to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ireland and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ireland to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 38 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,593 miles [5,782.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ireland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ireland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4497, Longitude: -62.0853    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ireland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ireland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ireland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.911 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.346 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.514 degrees.




 

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