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This is a list of nicknames for the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants. The nicknames are mainly used with reference to the county's representative team in gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). A few of the names are quite old and well-known; most are recent coinages mainly used by journalists.
Political scientists Yvonne Galligan and Fiona Buckley note that women have been grossly under-represented in Irish politics, [4] with men making up 91% of all cabinet appointments between 1919 and June 2017. [4] They also found that women in the Irish cabinet are twice as likely to hold a social portfolio (48%) than an economic portfolio (24% ...
List of Irish county nicknames; P. List of Irish counties by population This page was last edited on 25 August 2023, at 12:12 (UTC). Text ...
If it about the Irish counties the links should point to the county ie County Dublin not Dublin GAA, if it's the GAA the title needs to be changed Gnevin 22:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC) I've moved this back to "List of Irish county nicknames". As the intro states, most nicknames are mostly used for the GAA, but not all and not always.
Some, but not all, of these nicknames may be derogatory -especially those exchanged by post-industrial towns too close to each other. Many derive from sports clubs, especially football ones. Involved demonyms tend to attract offensive parodies, for example "Bumholian" for "Dundonian" (an inhabitant of Dundee). Owing to the oral nature of the ...
Verona Murphy has become the first female speaker of the Irish parliament as part of attempts to form a coalition government. Ms Murphy, an independent TD for Wexford, defeated two Fianna Fail ...
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
During his time in the White House, President George W. Bush was known for his love of giving other people nicknames — "Pootie Poot" (Russian President Vladimir Putin), "Bushie," (First Lady ...