Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Ireland:
45.659284, -122.372315
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
We found nine communities that are also named Ireland.
Within Washington, the name Ireland is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Dubois County
This Ireland is located in Dubois County and lies 1,865 miles [3,001.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
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 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
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 county.
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 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Ireland.
Nova Scotia
This Ireland lies 2,843 miles [4,575.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
Ohio
Athens County
This Ireland is located in Athens County and lies 2,091 miles [3,365.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
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 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Ireland.
West Virginia
Lewis County
This Ireland is located in Lewis County and lies 2,168 miles [3,489.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ireland that is located in Clark County.
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.
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 the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ireland and extending to:
Vancouver, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ireland to Vancouver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,330 miles [3,749.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,664 miles [12,334 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ireland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 county. 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ireland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6593, Longitude: -122.3723 In this case, the coordinates for Ireland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.805 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.252 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.916 degrees.