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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

The "Spirit of the Age" has exorcised the spirits of the ingle and the forest.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

Old Mrs. Cregeen sat knitting in an armchair at one side of the ingle.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir

The floor was paved with large stones, while an ingle nook and settle imparted a cheerful aspect to the apartment.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Another recalled the fact that on Good Friday morning Kisseck struck the griddle that hung in the ingle and tumbled it into the fire.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir