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Paddy says, Fintan, what’s an ingle? and Fintan says it’s just a boy from olden times who sits in a corner, that’s all.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Pia sits on the ingle bench, halfway in the great fireplace, shelling peas.

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

He sat down in the ingle nook and held out his hands.

From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

Can I forget my father's hearth— My mother by the ingle spinnin— Their weel-pleased look to see the mirth O' a' their bairnies round them rinnin?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

Lettie picked up a book that lay in the ingle seat, and went to the window.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)