New Ireland, now called NEU-MECKLENBURG, a long narrow island in the Pacific Ocean, lying to the north-east of New Guinea. Area, 4900 sq. m.; length, 300 miles; width, 15 miles. The hills rise to 6500 feet, and they and the whole of the interior are richly wooded. The climate, products, and inhabitants resemble those of New Britain (q.v.).
New Ireland
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 463
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