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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.
List of Irish county nicknames; N. ... List of United Kingdom county nicknames This page was last edited on 27 July 2016, at 09:35 (UTC). Text ...
Norfolk Dumplings ("Dumplings being a favourite food in that county"), [67] Turkey Botherers (pejorative) Northampton Cobblers, after the ancient shoe industry that thrived in the town. Northern Ireland Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields
The Irish-language names of counties in the Republic of Ireland are prescribed by ministerial order, which in the case of three newer counties, omits the word contae (county). [2] Irish names form the basis for all English-language county names except Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, which are of Norse origin. The "Region" column of the table ...
Most Gaelic games county names in Ireland are shared with current or former administrative counties, the sole exception at present being County Derry (the largely coterminous administrative county, abolished in 1973, was County Londonderry). Outside Ireland, for GAA purposes "county" often refers to places which are not otherwise termed ...
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 ...
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Etymological list of counties of Ireland is a list of the origins of the names of the traditional counties of Ireland, both north and south, including counties that are no longer used. Unless otherwise state, the origin of a name is from Irish.