Ireland, West Virginia 2917157 188445811 2008-02-01T20:11:22Z Nyttend 1960810 Stub '''Ireland''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Lewis County, West Virginia|Lewis County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The community was named for Andrew Wilson, its first [[settler]], who was from [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book| author=Kenny, Hamill |title= West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains |year=1945 |publisher=The Place Name Press |location=Piedmont, West Virginia |pages= p. 329}}</ref> Ireland West Virginia is also the American home of the sport of [[Irish Road Bowling]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{Mapit-US-cityscale|38.8156551|-80.4617541}} {{Lewis County, West Virginia}} {{LewisWV-geo-stub}} [[Category:Lewis County, West Virginia]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia]] [[vo:Ireland]]