Irish gallon

In Ireland, a unit of dry and liquid capacity, = 217.6 cubic inches. Unlike the English gallons prior to the imperial gallon, the Irish gallon was used for both beer and ale as well as wine, and was also a dry measure, an eighth of the Irish bushel.

1 Anne 13; 1 Geo. 3; 9 Geo. 2; 26 Geo. 3. See First Report page 11.

Edward Wakefield.
An Account of Ireland, statistical and political.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.

Volume 2, page 197.

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