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Munster has many large towns, including a number of growing satellite towns, and is the province with the most cities (three) in Ireland. [18] The following is a list of urban areas in Munster in order of size (2022 census figures), with cities and county towns bolded: [ 19 ]
This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. ... Munster 21 Westmeath: 1,840 [19] 52.3 Leinster 22 Sligo: 1,838 [20] 38.2 Connacht 23 Laois: 1,720 [21]
The exact boundaries of the provinces of Ireland during the Tudor period changed several times, usually as a result of the creation of new counties: County Clare upon its creation in 1569 was transferred from Munster to Connacht, and was only restored to Munster after 1660. [16]
During Perrot's tenure as Lord President of Munster before he became Lord Deputy, Munster contained as many as eight counties rather than the six it later consisted of. [12] These eight counties were: the five English counties of Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary, and Waterford; and the three Irish counties of Desmond, Ormond, and Thomond. [12]
Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population. [5] It is the third-largest of Munster's six counties by both size and population. It is also the largest landlocked county in Ireland. Tipperary is bounded (clockwise) by counties Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway.
Clare is the seventh largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties in area and the 19th largest in terms of population. It is bordered by two counties in Munster and one county in Connacht: County Limerick to the south, County Tipperary to the east, and County Galway to the north. Clare's nickname is the Banner County. [7]
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Limerick borders four other counties: Kerry to the west, Clare to the north, Tipperary to the east, and Cork to the south. It is the fifth-largest of Munster's six counties in size and the second-largest by population. The River Shannon flows through the city of Limerick into the Atlantic Ocean at the far western end of the county.