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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.
This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, ...
The population of the six counties of Northern Ireland as of 2021 is 1,903,100 [1] which would mean a total population on the island of Ireland as of 2022 of approximately 7,052,314. Data source (as of June 2023): Taken from latest census data for the Republic of Ireland [2] and Northern Ireland. [3] Population data for counties in the Republic ...
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
Ireland has nine universities, seven in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland, including Trinity College Dublin and the University College Dublin, as well as numerous third-level colleges and institutes and a branch of the Open University, the Open University in Ireland. Ireland was ranked 19th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024.
There are 32 "traditional" counties in Ireland: 26 in the Republic of Ireland and 6 in Northern Ireland. There are 29 counties that demarcate areas of local government in the Republic of Ireland. Counties are no longer used to demarcate areas of local government in Northern Ireland.
The Ireland South-East region has grown steadily over the past decade and has strong economic clusters in engineering, life sciences, financial services, ICT, agrifood and the creative sectors. Eurostat data shows the region as being the 6th fastest-growing region in the EU in terms of job creation (2012–2017) and the 7th fastest growing ...
This category relates to counties located in Ireland which are either part of the current local government administration (per the Local Government Act 2001) or were counties as late as the 19th century before their abolition by various acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom