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Ireland is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia. It was settled in the early 1800s by Andrew Wilson, who was nicknamed “Old Ireland,” because he recently had immigrated from the country of Ireland to America, and because, when he died in November 1843, he was 114 years old.
Each spring the families of Ireland, West Virginia, hold an Irish Spring Festival that includes St. Patrick’s Day and the time of the Vernal Equinox. It is a celebration of their Scots – Irish heritage, but just as much a celebration of awakening the Appalachian spring. Learn more about this vibrant community from residents Denton and Sandy King.
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