Ireland, West Virginia
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'''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]].
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