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There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Irish word for this territorial division, ... Johann Homann's 1716 map of Ireland.
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In 1598 Meath is considered a province in Hayne's Description of Ireland, and included the counties of Cavan, East Meath, Longford, and Westmeath. [12] This contrasts to George Carew's 1602 survey where there were only four provinces with Longford part of Connaught and Cavan not mentioned at all with only three counties mentioned for Ulster. [12]
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Munster has many large towns, including a number of growing satellite towns, and is the province with the most cities (three) in Ireland. [18] The following is a list of urban areas in Munster in order of size (2022 census figures), with cities and county towns bolded: [ 19 ]
The most northerly point in Ireland, Malin Head, is in County Donegal, as are the sixth-highest (601 metres (1,972 ft)) sea cliffs in Europe, at Slieve League, and the province's largest island, Arranmore. The most easterly point in Ireland is also in Ulster, in County Down, and the most westerly point in the UK is in County Fermanagh.
English: A map showing the 4 provinces of Ireland and the traditional Irish counties. Source: Atlas of William Mackenzie (1846) - map of Ireland and own work.
The English administration in Ireland in the years following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland created counties as the major subdivisions of an Irish province. [6] This process lasted from the 13th to 17th centuries; however, the number and shape of the counties that would form the future Northern Ireland would not be defined until the Flight of the Earls allowed the shiring of Ulster from ...