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The island is almost bisected by the River Shannon, which at 360.5 km (224 mi) with a 102.1 km (63 mi) estuary is the longest river in Ireland and flows south from County Cavan in the province of Ulster to form the boundary between Connacht and Leinster, and later Munster, and meet the Atlantic just south and west of Limerick.
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.
Southern Ireland, South Ireland or South of Ireland may refer to: The southern part of the island of Ireland; Republic of Ireland, which is sometimes inaccurately referred to as "Southern Ireland" Southern Ireland (1921–1922), a former constituent part of the United Kingdom; South (European Parliament constituency) Southern, IE05, one of the ...
It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with eight counties, more than any other.
Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in Northwestern Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4]
Ptolemy created a map of Ireland in his Geographia with information dating from 100 AD; it is the oldest written account of the island that includes geographical features. [11] Within his map, Ptolemy names the Gaelic tribes inhabiting it and the areas in which they resided; in the area of Clare, he identified a tribe known as the Gangani. [12]
Johann Homann's 1716 map of Ireland. He incorrectly places County Clare in Connacht; it had actually been returned to Munster in the immediate years after 1660. During the reign of Mary I (1553–1558), the Lord Deputy of Ireland , Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex , sought to divide Ireland into six parts—Connacht, Leinster, Meath, Nether ...
1.4 South coast. 2 See also. ... Map showing the location of the ports listed on this page. This is a list of seaports around the coast of the island of Ireland, ...