Above: View in Connaught Connaught comprises that part of Ireland west of the Shannon, south of Ulster, and north of Munster. Its shores, which are much broken, are washed by the Atlantic Ocean. A great part of its surface is wild and rugged; farming is in a very backward state; and the people often suffer from famine. It contains five counties. Read More

Above: View in South Cape Carnsore Point is the south-eastern corner of the island, and nearest to Wales. Cape Clear is the most southerly point, but it is not on the mainland. It is a cape on Cape Clear Island, off the coast of Cork. Mizen Head, in County Cork (Self Catering, Cork, Ireland), is there-fore the most southerly point of Ireland. Read More