89:
77:
171:
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as exceeding this limit: although the evidence related to seven Irish acres, the form of conviction "seven acres" must legally have referred to statute acres. In two 1847 parliamentary returns of distances between Irish towns, values were in Irish miles for some counties and statute miles for others.
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every such person ... which shall underwrite ... to the purposes aforesaid ... shall have ... a proportionable number of Acres out of the two millions and halfe of Acres in the said former Act mentioned ... in which said proportionable number of Acres shall be measured out and enjoyed according to
585:
complaints. In 1937, a man being prosecuted for driving outside the 15-mile limit of his licence offered the unsuccessful defence that, since
Ireland was independent, the limit should be reckoned by Irish miles "just as no one would ever think of selling land other than as
770:
of 1654 said that Irish surveys had measured only arable land, ignoring pasture, wood, bog, or wasteland. Of eleven townlands in
Ireland named "Fortyacres" in 1901, six had areas between 60 and 78 statute acres; the smallest was 46 acres and the largest 185. The
2529:
511:. The 2240-yard mile was specified in Irish statutes of 1755 and 1786; however, a 1715 Irish statute defines the fare for ferries in terms of "common Irish miles: (that is to say) at one English mile and an half or twelve furlongs at least to each mile".
1081:
It was originally proposed to hem the Irish in by excluding them from a strip round the coast which was finally fixed at one statute mile — the 'mile line' — though this restriction was not strictly enforced except in the neighbourhood of
Cromwellian
564:
adopt
English miles. The car proprietors are apt to be elastic in their choice. The Counties of Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Antrim, and Armagh use English milestones, Donegal uses Irish only, and the other counties either have both or a mixture. Metal
1097:"September 1653: An Act for the speedy and effectual Satisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, and of the Arrears due to Soldiery there, and of other Publique Debts, and for the Encouragement of Protestants to plant and inhabit Ireland."
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was notionally 60 or 120 "acres", but the size varied by the quality of the land. This unevenness was not sufficiently understood by
English and Scottish planters, which caused disputes when confiscated land was divided and assigned. In
2135:
1745:
787:
The
Weights And Measures Commissioners' 1820 report included a list of regional terms in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands with their corresponding legal or customary values. Those noted in Ireland included:
594:
proposed an amendment to the Road
Transport Act to replace the English statute miles with Irish ones; it was rejected. Such complaints—and the traditional distance itself—are now considered obsolete following
507:; since the actual distance (four to five statute miles) exceeds three standard Irish miles Brian Hodkinson suggests "a peculiarly Limerick mile" was used. The 21-foot perch was in use by 1609 for the
443:
as "One Mile, Irish
Admeasurement, from ... the Market Cross"; the same as the boundary established for local taxation purposes in 1803. The Fever Hospitals (Ireland) Act 1834 allowed certain
762:, as in England of the time, "acre" sometimes meant any individual plot of land; as a standard measure, it was probably about 2.5 statute acres near Dublin, perhaps differing elsewhere. The
1845:; 26 Geo. 3 c. 61 [Ir.] § 118 "within seven miles of the said city, to be computed from the castle of Dublin, (at the rate of two thousand two hundred and forty yards to the mile)"
407:
continued to use the measure until 1856. An 1800 act fixed the maximum penalty for burning land at 10 pounds per "Irish plantation acre"; in 1846 a fine of 70 pounds was overturned in
990:" An Act for the speedy and effectuall reducing of the Rebells in his Majesties Kingdome of Ireland to theire due obedience to his Majesty & the Crowne of England, §1".
285:
used a 29-foot perch. The 21-foot perch which became standard in
Ireland during the Plantations was found elsewhere; in 1820 it was reportedly used for linear measure in
1384:
1221:
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the
Plantation measure (that is to say) every Acre thereof shall consist of eightscore Pearches or Poles and every Pearch or Pole shall consist of one and twentie foot
871:
1034:" An Act for the further advancement of an effectuall and speedy reduction of the Rebels in Ireland to the obedience of his Majestie and the Crowne of England, §2".
451:
up to "six roods, plantation measure" to a fever hospital. The Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1836 allowed grand juries to allocate up to "two plantation acres" for a
1863:. Vol. IV: From the second year of Anne, A.D. 1703, to the sixth year of George the First, A.D. 1719 inclusive. Printed by Boulter Grierson. §5, p.362
1343:
316:
with land confiscated from rebels, specified amounts in "English measure", but was quickly amended to "Plantation measure". The "mile line" of the 1652
746:
and the census. The Irish acre remained common in Irish newspaper advertisements for farmland and other property until the middle of the 20th century.
1826:
2630:
1975:
1308:
Historian's Guide to Early British Maps: A Guide to the Location of Pre-1900 Maps of the British Isles Preserved in the United Kingdom and Ireland
1589:
Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners
273:). A mile is 320 linear perches and an acre is 160 square perches. The length of the perch was not standardised nationwide at the time of the
2277:
221:, which were defined in terms of perches, were longer by a factor of 14:11 (~27% more) in Irish measure, while units of area, such as the
2696:
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and 26 Geo. 3 c.35 [Ir.] "twenty Irish gallons of two hundred and seventeen cubical inches and six-tenths of a cubical inch each"
679:
619:
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2105:
440:
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specified distances without specifying Irish or English measure, which led to confusion and disputes. From 1774 until the 1820s, the
345:
1831:
Eleven Irish miles makes 14 English, according to the proportion of the Irish perch of 21 feet, to the English of 16 and a half.
2764:
2637:
879:
317:
1341:
Storrie, Margaret C. (September 1969). "William Bald, F. R. S. E., c. 1789–1857; Surveyor, Cartographer and Civil Engineer".
922:
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88:
76:
329:
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245:", also called "statute measure", based on English measure. Imperial measure soon replaced Irish measure in the use of the
2717:"Appendix A: An Index of Terms Relating to Weights and Measures, Both in their legal and in their provincial acceptations"
2690:
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had its mileposts in English miles. Irish measure was formally abolished by the 1824 Weights and Measures Act but the
2436:
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1325:
1284:
974:
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has townlands named Threeacres, Nineacres, and Nineteenacres, with respective areas of 12, 21, and 30 statute acres.
599:
from the 1970s; however, "an Irish mile" is still used colloquially to express a vague but long distance akin to a "
1219:
Austin Bourke; P. M. (March 1965). "Notes on Some Agricultural Units of Measurement in Use in Pre-Famine Ireland".
413:
170:
2759:
1382:
Smith, Angèle (1998). "Landscapes of Power in Nineteenth Century Ireland: Archaeology and Ordnance Survey Maps".
2734:
1690:
2001:. Vol. Part I: northern counties including Dublin and neighbourhood. Thomas Nelson & Sons. p. 56.
28:
483:) as latterly defined measured exactly 8 Irish furlongs, 320 Irish perches, or 2240 yards: approximately 1.27
166:, indicating a distance of 60 Irish miles to Dublin. This is equivalent to 76 statute miles or 122 kilometres.
1819:"XIII: Several miscellany remarks and intimations concerning Ireland, and the several matters aforementioned"
1635:
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1885:
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1416:
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1131:
Manning, Conleth (1999). "The 1653 Survey of the Lands Granted to the Countess of Ormond in Co. Kilkenny".
723:
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2013:
1035:
991:
2716:
2613:
2601:
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2572:
945:
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must be interpreted as statute acres, notwithstanding external evidence that the opposite was intended.
1660:
1537:
1502:"Return to Two Orders of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated respectively 17 & 23 June 1847"
1393:
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17:
1994:
2754:
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274:
2173:
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1979:
423:
Several post-1824 statutes used Irish measure when repeating the text of a pre-1824 statute being
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2025:
1686:
1501:
1444:
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Irish Miles; the other counties either have both, or only one or two roads have Irish". The 1909
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313:
1947:
966:
909:
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The changing ruling class in Sixmilebridge and the impact they left on the community, 1650-1900
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The Monaghan story: a documented history of the County Monaghan from the earliest times to 1976
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Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in England and Ireland
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198:
69:
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1856:
1842:
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1524:
1471:
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allowed those residing within one Irish mile of a town market to vote on whether to establish
492:
364:
305:
2486:
Jäger, Helmut (2016). "Land Use in Medieval Ireland: A Review of the Documentary Evidence".
2459:
Otway-Ruthven, J. (1951). "The Organization of Anglo-Irish Agriculture in the Middle Ages".
1301:
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of 1623 stated that the Irish acre varied by region from 1.25 to 8 English acres, while the
518:
in 1926, signage varied from county to county, prompting complaints from travellers such as
36:
2671:
2336:
2303:
2254:
1348:
759:
508:
368:
201:
until the 19th century, with residual use into the 20th century. The units were based on "
8:
2647:
2055:
1969:
1937:
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by one Irish furlong, or 4 Irish perches by 40, or 7840 square yards: approximately 0.66
581:
The Irish Free State standardised its roads using English statute miles, leading to some
495:, 4 Irish miles were generally equated to 5 English ones although whether this meant the
372:
357:
309:
1445:"40 Geo. 3 c.24 (Ir.) : An Act for more effectually preventing the burning of Land"
813:; 14 stone for oats; 16 stone for barley; 20 stone for beans, peas, wheat, and potatoes.
400:
2511:
2468:
1911:
1542:
1364:
1238:
1140:
1072:
959:
504:
432:
417:
344:
used plantation acres. Irish acres were used in the 1823–37 applotments made under the
301:
222:
1906:
795:: defined as 217.6 cubic inches (3.566 L) by Irish statutes relating to beer and
2515:
2503:
2432:
2204:
2177:
2029:
1943:
1799:
1321:
1280:
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from its 1824 foundation used statute acres in its maps, which were used in turn for
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452:
404:
93:
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Customary acres and their historical importance, being a series of unfinished essays
600:
249:, but Irish measure persisted in local government, and longer still in private use.
2495:
2358:
2066:. Vol. 6, part 2 (1st ed.). Clarendon Press at Oxford. 1906. p. 436.
1791:
1566:
1397:
1356:
1230:
735:
531:
515:
496:
242:
194:
44:
Bridge, originally erected near by c.1760. Distances are given in Irish miles to:
2082:
1890:
1818:
1421:
1276:
1188:
796:
611:
556:
353:
333:
591:
416:
ruled that, unless "Irish acres" is explicitly specified, the word "acres" in a
2700:
2499:
2401:
1719:
1040:. Vol. 5: 1628–80. Great Britain Record Commission. 1819. pp. 176–177
996:. Vol. 5: 1628–80. Great Britain Record Commission. 1819. pp. 168–172
820:
776:
750:
666:, County Antrim is said to derive from the crossing point six Irish miles from
663:
623:
578:
s 1906 definition of "mile" described the Irish mile as "still in rustic use".
551:
456:
444:
388:
349:
238:
101:
1401:
1234:
2743:
2535:
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1933:
1803:
1258:
Plantation acres: an historical study of the Irish land surveyor and his maps
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675:
671:
647:
639:
627:
547:
539:
527:
519:
459:
to be built on certain types of plot of up to "One Acre Plantation Measure".
325:
290:
202:
961:
The Munster Plantation: English Migration to the Southern Ireland, 1583-1641
257:
The size of the mile and acre are derived from the length of the surveyor's
174:
Milestone at Ballycarrane, stating that it is 8 Irish miles (16 km) to
1451:. Vol. XII: 1799–1800. Dublin: George Grierson. 1801. pp. 113–114
816:
767:
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711:
703:
655:
631:
587:
484:
380:
337:
270:
206:
109:
1694:
1273:
A Paper Landscape – The Ordnance Survey in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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651:
543:
535:
376:
341:
294:
282:
81:
57:
41:
2472:
1242:
1144:
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commissioned maps at scales of one or two inches per Irish mile but the
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1567:"Appendix:Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland"
258:
210:
53:
2723:, Parliamentary papers, vol. HC 1820 VII (314) 473, pp. 5–37
1368:
1907:"S.I. No. 55/1926 - Road Signs and Traffic Signals Regulations, 1926"
1825:. Vol. The political anatomy of Ireland (2nd ed.). Dublin:
1417:"Past Imperfect; Milestones: Silent Witness to Our Transport History"
806:
805:: as in many regions, varied by content: 40 gallons for "grain" and
719:
683:
566:
488:
278:
175:
158:
514:
Prior to the publication of standardised traffic regulations by the
383:
in English miles and just rescaled to Irish miles for printing. The
27:
This article is about early modern units. For pre-modern units, see
1360:
1063:
Simms, J. G. (1965). "Mayo Landowners in the Seventeenth Century".
1019:
1011:
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500:
321:
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234:
179:
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1746:"A History and Archaeology of the Liberties of Limerick to c.1650"
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917:. Belfast: Queen's University of Belfast. pp. 178–191: 179.
707:
635:
214:
163:
49:
1861:
The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland
1591:. Sessional papers. Vol. 43. 8 June 1832. p. 128 §§6,9
84:'s 1794 map of Ireland showing scales of English and Irish miles
2643:
2406:. Longman's, Green, & co. Fig 16 (after p.100), pp.112, 266
1007:
1006:
For each Adventure of two hundred pounds one thousand Acres in
824:
792:
448:
105:
61:
45:
659:
392:
328:, was an English statute mile. A 1653 survey of lands of the
97:
1508:. 1847 LVI (697). H.M. Stationery Office: 329. 20 July 1847.
569:, however, show English, and stone ones Irish, miles." The
312:, to compensate those who funded the army that put down the
1014:. For foure hundred and fifty pounds one thousand Acres in
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and 16 pounds for wool (instead of the standard 14 pounds).
810:
226:
218:
65:
2735:
Ordnance Survey Ireland FAQ about old units of measurement
2461:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2022:
Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest
1299:
1071:(1–2 Papers in Honour of Liam Price): 237–247 : 242.
1065:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
455:
diocesan school. The Church of Ireland Act 1851 allowed a
213:
of 5.5 yards (5.0 m). Thus, linear units such as the
1527:, 284 (Chancery Division (Ireland) 21 June 1878).
729:
209:
measuring 7 yards (6.4 m) as opposed to the English
2715:
Weights And Measures Commissioners (18 September 1820),
2631:"Sir Richard Bingham and the Mapping of Western Ireland"
1133:
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
915:
Irish geographical studies in honour of E. Estyn Evans
503:'s 1609 charter specified a three-mile radius for the
387:, from its establishment in 1824, used English miles.
320:, prohibiting Catholics settling within a mile of the
2561:. Command papers. Vol. Cd.847. 1902. p. 57.
2428:
The Plantation of Ulster: War and Conflict in Ireland
1778:Ó Cíobháin, Breandán (1987). "Review: J. H. Andrews,
1725:
1270:
913:. In Stephens, Nicholas; Glasscock, Robin E. (eds.).
634:, County Tyrone is five Irish miles equidistant from
2538:. Vol. Cd.2071. Dublin: HMSO. 1904. p. 463
2078:"Irish miles or English? Novel defence made at Bray"
1344:
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
1340:
1967:
1685:
1449:Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland
1305:
1218:
1103:. London: British History Online. pp. 722–753
958:
908:
2467:(1). Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: 3.
2399:
1848:
1101:Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660
956:
910:"Geography and Government in Elizabethan Ireland"
2741:
1214:
1212:
308:of the 1580s used the English acre. In 1642 the
2400:Seebohm, Frederic; Hugh Exton, Seebohm (1914).
2224:
1414:
1010:For three hundred pounds one thousand Acres in
2692:How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
1816:
1771:
882:. The limit was reduced to one mile under the
2458:
1855:Butler, James Goddard; Ball, William (1765).
1381:
1209:
1018:For six hundred pounds one thousand Acres in
678:, County Tipperary, is nine Irish miles from
2531:General topographical index of Ireland, 1901
2370:
2368:
1260:. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 196.
870:The original limit was four miles under the
626:, County Monaghan is three Irish miles from
379:maps (1809–1830) were surveyed and drawn by
2669:
2230:
1992:
1304:. In Helen Wallis; Anita McConnell (eds.).
727:
614:, County Tipperary is two Irish miles from
478:
472:
437:Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832
2418:
2235:. Clogher Historical Society. p. 574.
1854:
1777:
1577:
300:English measure was sometimes used in the
229:, were larger by 196:121 (~62% more). The
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2190:
1743:
1472:"The Queen v. Kirwan (a) 3 November 1846"
1094:
346:Composition for Tithes (Ireland) Act 1823
237:. c. 74) mandated the use throughout the
2612:Weights And Measures Commissioners 1820
2600:Weights And Measures Commissioners 1820
2588:Weights And Measures Commissioners 1820
2571:Weights And Measures Commissioners 1820
2011:
1469:
1181:
1095:Firth, C. H.; Rait, R. S., eds. (1911).
944:Weights And Measures Commissioners 1820
658:, County Tyrone is six Irish miles from
499:or the shorter statute mile is unclear.
169:
157:
87:
75:
35:
2688:
2628:
2559:1901 Census of Ireland: Vol I, Leinster
2112:. Dáil Éireann debates. Vol. 214.
1731:
1715:
1538:"Lighting of Towns (Ireland) Act, 1828"
1255:
1194:Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c
1130:
906:
650:, County Clare is six Irish miles from
336:used statute acres, whereas the 1654–5
261:, a unit which in Ireland was called a
14:
2742:
2639:Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
2424:
2116:. 23 February 1965. No. 6 p.12 col.836
1932:
1880:
1878:
880:Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
2673:The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland
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2431:. Gill & Macmillan. p. 159.
2425:Bardon, Jonathan (14 November 2011).
2275:
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2167:
1810:
1636:"Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1836 s.96"
1611:"Fever Hospitals (Ireland) Act, 1834"
1571:A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
1564:
1300:Andrews, John; Ferguon, Paul (1995).
1062:
429:Lighting of Towns (Ireland) Act, 1828
1665:electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)
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1187:
1048:– via British History Online.
1022:All according to the English measure
1004:– via British History Online.
782:
2629:Andrews, J.H. (15 September 2003),
2200:A Dictionary of British Place-Names
1875:
1823:Tracts, chiefly relating to Ireland
1197:. How and Parsons. pp. 198, fn
965:. Oxford University Press. p.
957:MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael (1986).
24:
1163:The Tithe Applotment Books 1823–37
714:. The Lancashire acre around the
363:Many 18th-century statutes of the
178:and 6 Irish miles (12 km) to
25:
2776:
2728:
2488:Irish Economic and Social History
2106:"Carriage of Merchandise by Road"
2024:. main author Lynda Mugglestone.
1843:29 Geo. 2 c. 13 [Ir.] § 1
1753:North Munster Antiquarian Journal
1470:Cox, Edward William (1846–1848).
2197:Mills, David (20 October 2011).
414:High Court of Justice in Ireland
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2329:"Six Mile Water, County Antrim"
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1993:Baddeley, M. J. B; Bbb (1909).
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289:, and for measuring fencing in
1271:Andrews, John Harwood (1975).
1256:Andrews, John Harwood (1985).
1115:
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950:
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900:
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29:Old Irish units of measurement
13:
1:
2765:Obsolete units of measurement
2670:Prendergast, John P. (1868).
2304:"Sixmilecross, County Tyrone"
2247:"Fivemiletown, County Tyrone"
2170:Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
2086:. 27 November 1937. p. 5
1661:"Church of Ireland Act, 1851"
1615:electronic Irish Statute Book
934:– via Internet Archive.
852:
689:
606:
462:
231:Weights and Measures Act 1824
2697:University of North Carolina
2231:Livingstone, Peadar (1980).
2136:"mile, n.1 (draft revision)"
1971:'Royal' Road Book of Ireland
1968:Inglis, Harry R. G. (1902).
1939:Spring and Autumn in Ireland
1894:. 22 October 1926. p. 6
1691:"Frequently Asked Questions"
1167:National Archives of Ireland
893:
857:
247:Dublin Castle administration
7:
2203:. OUP Oxford. p. 471.
1121:Prendergast 1868 pp.115–116
1093:Prendergast 1868 pp.83–84;
830:Load : 4 "or more commonly
718:and the Churchland acre in
356:measure", was also used in
269:to distinguish it from the
108:9 (Irish) miles. In modern
10:
2781:
2750:Irish units of measurement
2622:
2577:9 Geo. 2 c.9 [Ir.]
2500:10.1177/033248938301000104
1944:William Blackwood and Sons
1394:Cambridge University Press
1353:Royal Geographical Society
1314:Cambridge University Press
764:Advertisements for Ireland
740:Ordnance Survey of Ireland
722:were the same size, which
524:Royal Road Book of Ireland
385:Ordnance Survey of Ireland
252:
26:
2642:, vol. 103C, No. 3,
2494:(1): 51–65 : 52–53.
2174:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2141:Oxford English Dictionary
2064:Oxford English Dictionary
1999:Thorough Guide to Ireland
1744:Hodkinson, Brian (2007).
1402:10.1017/S1380203800001173
1235:10.1017/S0021121400020368
907:Andrews, John H. (1970).
726:in 1914 connected to the
572:Oxford English Dictionary
526:explained that "Counties
293:and "labourer's work" in
275:Tudor conquest of Ireland
197:used in Ireland from the
193:was a system of units of
2676:. New York: P.M. Haverty
2376:"What is an Irish acre?"
2168:Green, Jonathon (2005).
2012:McMorris, Jenny (2000).
1942:. Edinburgh and London:
1817:Petty, William (1769) .
1546:. 25 July 1828. §§ 4, 11
1385:Archaeological Dialogues
1222:Irish Historical Studies
872:Act of Satisfaction 1653
401:London–Holyhead turnpike
199:16th century plantations
2147:Oxford University Press
2110:Questions. Oral Answers
2026:Oxford University Press
1995:"Introduction; Mileage"
1687:Ordnance Survey Ireland
2760:Plantations in Ireland
2689:Rowlett, Russ (2005),
2359:"History of Glenbower"
2284:. Clare County Library
1997:. In W. Baxter (ed.).
1565:Lewis, Samuel (1837).
884:Act of Settlement 1657
728:
479:
473:
439:defined the radius of
318:Cromwellian settlement
183:
167:
155:
85:
73:
2276:Keogh, Jayme (2013).
1520:O'Donnell v O'Donnell
1302:"22: Maps of Ireland"
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