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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.
Retrieved 28 October 2023. Area (Cork County: 7,467.91 km2 / Cork City: 39.61 km2. ^ "County Profiles – Galway". Western Development Commission. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021. ^ "County Profiles – Mayo".
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 ...
Under the Local Government Act 2001, administrative counties and county boroughs were redesignated as counties and cities respectively. The lower tier consisted of boroughs and towns (including both former urban districts and towns administered by town commissioners). Under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, only Dublin, Cork and Galway ...
List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland. This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold; see City status in Ireland for an independent list. Contents: Top. 0–9. A. B.
Category. : Counties of the Republic of Ireland. 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 .
Category. : Counties of Ireland. 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.
Northern Ireland is divided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry [n 1] and Tyrone. Six largely rural administrative counties based on these were among the eight primary local government areas of Northern Ireland from its 1921 creation until 1973. [1] The other two local government areas were the urban county ...