New Ireland Island (New Brunswick)

{{Short description|Island in New Brunswick, Canada}}

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| name = New Ireland Island

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| map_caption = Location in the Bay of Fundy

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| location = Bay of Fundy

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| country = Canada

| country_admin_divisions_title = Province

| country_admin_divisions = New Brunswick

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Charlotte

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Parish

| country_admin_divisions_2 = West Isles Parish

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New Ireland Island is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. It it situated between Pendleton's Island and Macs Island.{{cite web |title=No. 166 |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/App_Handlers/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?filename=/DigitizedDocuments/Communities/Maps/Cadastral/_Oversize/GRPA166.jpg |website=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |publisher=Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development |access-date=4 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=489 |url=https://www.gnb.ca/0113/maps/Mapbooks/maps-2020/map489.pdf |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=4 July 2021}} Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.{{cite web |title=Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) |url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en |website=Government of Canada |access-date=4 July 2021}}

In 1780, local Loyalist settlers Robert Pagan, , Thomas Wyer, Dr. John Califf and Jeremiah Pote proposed a new colony named "New Ireland" be created on Penobscot Bay - however when a trip to England failed to secure its actualisation, the plan faltered and the group largely settled in St. Andrews.Craven, Paul. "Petty Justice".