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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

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)

Twenty times she glanced at the little clock with the lion face and the pendulum like a dog's head that swung above the ingle.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

To the left are a cheerful glowing fire and ingle.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

That night Thorkell sat alone at the same ingle, in the same chair, glancing at many parchments, and dropping them one by one into the fire.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir