IRELAND, WEST VIRGINIA

'Ireland' is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, USA. The community was named for Andrew Wilson, its first settler, who was from Ireland.^[1]
Ireland West Virginia is also the home of the sport of Irish Rock Bowling, which is, more or less, a poor man's version of Bocci Ball. ^[2]

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1. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains, Kenny, Hamill, , , The Place Name Press, 1945,
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