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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

Then see him at the ingle side, Wi’ bairnies round him laughin’; Was ever dog sae pleased as he, Sae fond o’ fun and daffin?

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

Immediately opposite to the dog, on one side of the ingle, sat the woman.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

Suddenly there were two very startled people in the company around the ingle nook.

From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by Copus, John E.

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

From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc