•  Connaught, Ireland

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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Connaught like this:

Connaught, the smallest, least populous, and most westerly of the four provinces of Ireland; is bounded N. and W. by the Atlantic Ocean, E. by the provinces of Ulster and Leinster, and S. by the province of Munster and the Atlantic. The river Shannon flows along nearly the entire length of the boundary between Connaught and the provinces of Leinster and Munster. ...

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Greatest length, NW. and SE., 120 miles; greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 117 miles; area, 4,392,086 ac., or 21 per cent. of the total area of Ireland. (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) Pop. 821,657 (1,418,859 in 1841), 95.3 per cent. of whom are Roman Catholics, 3.9 Protestant Episcopalians, 0.4 Presbyterians, and 0.3 Methodists. During the Irish pentarchy Connanght was ruled by the O'Connors. In 1590 it was brought under English administration, and divided into 6 counties, of which Clare was afterwards joined to Munster. It now comprises the cos. of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.

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