In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Munster like this:
Munster, province, in SW. of Ireland, bounded N. by Connaught, E. by Leinster, and S. and W. by the Atlantic Ocean; greatest length, NE. and SW., 150 miles; greatest breadth, 110 miles; average breadth, 75 miles; area, 6,064,579 ac., or 29.1 per cent, of the total area of Ireland; pop. 1,331,115 (or 4.5 per cent, less than in 1871), of whom 93.8 per cent, are Roman Catholics, 5.3 Episcopalians, 0.3 Presbyterians, and 0.4 Methodists. ...
(For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) Previous to the conquest of Ireland, in the reign of Henry II., Munster was divided into the 2 kingdoms of North Munster (now co. Clare) and South Munster. In the reign of Elizabeth upwards of 574,000 ac. of Munster were forfeited to the Crown by rebellion, and granted to English colonists. Munster comprises 6 counties - Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Munster, in and Ireland | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29182
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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