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This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, while those in Northern Ireland are listed in italic type. The 32 traditional counties of Ireland
The Emmery Celtic Cross is located in the area. It is named after its creator, forester Liam Emmery, who planted a Celtic cross design in the woods near Killea. He used two different types of trees create the effect.
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
Ballaghkeen South (Irish: An Bealach Caoin Theas) is a historical barony in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. [1] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. [2] [3]
The local administrative units in Ireland are the local electoral areas. [5] These are subdivisions of local government areas used for local elections. In counties outside Dublin and in the cities and counties, they also form the basis of municipal districts within local authorities.
It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland, built in 1832, at its summit. The village lies to the west of County Armagh, and is close to the neighbouring counties of County Tyrone and County Monaghan which is in the Republic of Ireland. It had a population of 253 people ...
Ireland's four professional rugby teams in the United Rugby Championship play under the names of the provinces. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has separate provincial councils and its county teams contest provincial championships. [27] Six of the nine Ulster counties form modern-day Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
This template consists of a labeled map of the Counties of Ireland combined with a 37 Kilobyte imagemap to be used for navigation. The size of the imagemap polygon coding is very large and may present editing problems for users not familiar with this method of providing navigation; for general ease of article editing it is transcluded via this template rather than placed directly in articles.