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PIC: An English town’s bizarre map of Ireland is head-scratching stuff

Published 10:38 11 Feb 2019 GMT

Alan Loughnane
PIC: An English town’s bizarre map of Ireland is head-scratching stuff

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Geography lesson needed.

We understand that Ireland is not the largest country in the world and we are but a small island sitting in the Atlantic on the western coast of Europe. But we didn't realise that other people thought Ireland was quite this small... Newquay is a town on the north coast of Cornwall, in southwest England and it has a tourism website dedicated to encouraging people to visit the area. It has been voted one of the UK's favourite seaside towns, with some lovely beaches and is known as a great family holiday destination. So in a bid to highlight how accessible the town is for tourists, a website provides a handy little map of the destinations that fly to the area. This is the map they use... Now, we're no experts in geography, but something about this seems a little bit off when it comes to the map of Ireland and the placement of Dublin. We can't quite put our finger on it though...

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PIC: An English town's bizarre map of Ireland is head-scratching stuff