Ireland, IN

Ireland is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The town was founded on land purchased from the United States government by John Stewart, a native of Ireland, on December 23, 1816. The earliest settlers, most being Protestant, came from Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Madison Township is in Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools. Previously Ireland had its own high school, known as Madison Township High School. A newcomer can read Ireland through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Ireland comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Ireland is located 4 miles west of downtown Jasper on State Road 56 in the northeast portion of Madison Township. On the western edge of the town lies the Alder Creek, a tributary of the Patoka River. Ireland's downtown is part of the local map.