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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, ...
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.
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.
The 32 traditional counties of Ireland. This is a list of counties of Ireland ordered by population. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, while those in Northern Ireland are listed in italic type. Non-traditional administrative counties are indicated by a cream-coloured background.
List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland/2006 census; List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland/2002 census; List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland, with municipal councils and legally defined boundaries up to 2014; List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland; List of settlements on the island of Ireland by ...
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.
The location of Ireland An enlargeable map of the Republic of Ireland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ireland: Republic of Ireland – country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island.
Administrative counties were a unit of local government created by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for use in Ireland in 1899. Following the separation of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, administrative counties continued in use in the two parts of the island of Ireland under their respective sovereign jurisdictions.