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 | | In addition 'County Tipperary' is actually two counties, called Tipperary North Riding and Tipperary South Riding, while the major urban centres Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford have been separated from the rural areas of their counties. |
 | | The name 'county' was introduced by the Normans, and was derived from a Norman term for an area administered by a Count (lord), these Norman 'counties' were geographically based upon the Saxon shires. |
 | | In 1986 however, the metroploitan county councils were abolished, and divided into a series of unitary authorities, although the counties still exist in name and for some administrative and ceremonial purposes. |
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