It now only remains to add, that every writer, both ancient and modern, on the subject of Ireland, has been consulted; aided by the communications of friends and a general personal knowledge of the Topography of Ireland on the part of the Editor. The tourist will observe that the distances are given in Irish miles, of which, eleven are equal to fourteen English. The distances of the county towns from the capital are taken on the authority of the latest surveys; whilst the distances in the vicinage of the several stations are from common computation or from the best maps, and may be depended on for every useful purpose to the inquisitive traveller, bearing in mind that bogs and mountains often render roads circuitous, in which cases local inquiry, and also for the best roads, will often be beneficial, and sometimes necessary. Reference to many of the authorities will be found in the work itself; but it may be added that the county surveys have been carefully examined and compared with earlier descriptions, independent of the general notices from Hoare, Hall, Plumptre, Curwen, Drummond, Weld, and all the recent topographical works, together with several recent anonymous tours, whose proved accuracy, in many points, renders them worthy of notice in all. TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVISION OF IRELAND, _With the Baronies, Parishes, and Contents in Irish Acres._ _Baron._ _Parish._ _Acres._ { *Armagh contains 5 20 181,450 { Down 8 60 348,550 ULSTER. { Antrim 8 77 387,200 _9 Counties._ { Londonderry 4 31 318,500 8298 { Donnegal 5 42 679,550 square miles. { *Tyrone 4 35 463,700 { Fermanagh 8 18 283,450 { *Cavan 7 30 301,000 { *Monaghan 5 19 179,600 -- --- ---------- 54 332 3,143,000 _Lough Neagh_ covers 58,200 ---------- 3,201,200 ----------