Background A recent epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland and County Wexford in the southeast found a significant prevalence difference of 63.9/100,000 (95% CI 49.3–82.7/100,000) between the two regions (Z = 3.94, p ≤ 0.001). County Done...
Thepopulation in 1936 of 161,349 in Mayo gives an average density persquare mile of 77, which is almost exactly the density for Kerry andDonegal, areas somewhat similar in terms of natural environment andresources. In previous papers, it has been shown that " congested "areas, in which the...
lividus lives at the eastern edge of its range (see Hiscock et al., 2004 for range map redrawn from Forbes). The urchins have been reported from Whitehall in County Cork to Malin Head in County Donegal (Southward and Crisp, 1954; references therein) with a single Site description Lough ...
Tullamore, market town, urban district, and the seat of County Offaly, Ireland, situated on the River Tullamore. The High Cross is all that remains of Durrow Abbey, which once stood to the north of Tullamore. The Book of Durrow, an illuminated manuscript
gillycuddy’sReeksin the southwest, and the Twelve Pins in the west.Carrantuohill, at 3,414 feet (1,041 metres) in theMacgillycuddy’s Reeks, is the highest point in the republic. In the west and southwest the wild and beautiful coast is heavily indented where the mountains ofDonegal,...
Wexford, county in the province of Leinster, southeastern Ireland. It is bounded on the east and south by the Irish Sea and from west to north by Counties Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wicklow. The town of Wexford, on the Irish Sea coast, is the county seat, and
Roscommon, county in the province of Connaught, north-central Ireland. It is bounded by Counties Sligo (north), Leitrim (northeast), Longford and Westmeath (east), Offaly (southeast), Galway (southwest), and Mayo (west). The town of Roscommon, in the cen
Cavan, county in the province of Ulster, northeastern Ireland. The town of Cavan, in the west-central part of the county, is the county seat. Cavan is bounded by Counties Monaghan (northeast), Meath, Westmeath, and Longford (south), and Leitrim (northwes
River Blackwater, river rising in the uplands on the border of Counties Cork and Kerry, Ireland, and flowing 104 miles (167 km) to the sea at Youghal, County Cork. In its upper course the Blackwater flows between uplands and a sandstone ridge with summit