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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Provinces of Ireland
		Originally there were five provinces but over the course of time the smallest one, Meath[?], was absorbed into Leinster.
		During Ireland's golden age these counties were little more than loosely federated kingdoms with somewhat flexible boundaries, but in modern times they have become associated with groups of specific counties.
		The provinces would be supplanted by the present system of counties after the English occupation in the twelfth century.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/pr/Provinces_of_Ireland (125 words)

	Independent guide to Ireland - basic facts
		The island of Ireland is situated in the extreme north-west of Europe between 51.5 and 55.5 degrees north latitude and between 5.5 and 10.5 degrees west longitude.
		Lies in the east of Ireland and comprises the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
		The western province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo.
	www.roadtoireland.eu /Ireland_basic_facts.html (772 words)

	Provinces of Ireland - Biocrawler
		During Ireland's golden age these counties were little more than loosely federated kingdoms with somewhat flexible boundaries, but in modern times they have become associated with groups of specific counties though have no legal status.
		The provinces would be supplanted by the present system of counties after the Norman occupation in the twelfth century.
		Northern Ireland is also accurately described as a province of the United Kingdom.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Provinces_of_Ireland (164 words)

	About Ireland - To help you plan your Irish vacation
		Ireland is the most westerly country of the European Union, separated from Great Britain by the North Channel on the northeast and the Irish Sea on the east.
		Winters in Ireland are mild and summers temperate due to the prevailing southwesterly winds and the influence of the warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift.
		As Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, the pound sterling (Stg£) is in use and denominations are similar to that of the euro.
	www.goireland.com /about_Ireland/About_ireland.htm (539 words)

	Celtic Ireland, Irish Heritage Leather Wallets
		Connacht is the north-western province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon.
		Munster is the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Claire, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperrary, and Waterford.
		Leinster is the esatern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Louth, Meath, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Westmeath and Longford.
	celticdan.com /irish_celtic_heritage_wallets.html (196 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: County Donegal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		County Donegal (Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county in the northwest of Ireland.
		Lifford (Leifear in Irish) is the county town of Donegal (near Castlefin) in the Republic of Ireland and the seat of Donegal County Council.
		Donegal lies in the north west of Ireland bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the south west, west and north and by the counties of Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Leitrim to the east and south east.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County-Donegal (929 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: County Antrim (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is the 9th largest of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland in terms of area, and 2nd in terms of population behind Dublin.
		It is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, in the province of Ulster.
		ANTRIM, a county in the north-east corner of Ireland, in the province of Ulster.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County-Antrim (914 words)

	Provinces of Ireland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The provinces were supplanted by the present system of counties after the Norman occupation in the twelfth century.
		Northern Ireland is often referred to as a province of the United Kingdom.
		Ulster in the north is the seat of battle valour, of haughtiness, strife, boasting; the men of Ulster are the fiercest warriors of all Ireland, and the queens and goddesses of Ulster are associated with battle and death.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Provinces_of_Ireland (508 words)

	Four Provences of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The province was once divided into six regions: Tuadh Mhuman (north Munster), Des Mhuman (south Munster), Urh Mumhan (east Munster), Iar mumhan (west Munster), Ernaibh Muman (the Ernai tribe's portion of Munster), and Deisi Muman (the Deisi tribe's portion of Munster).
		Connacht, (Conn's land) is the western province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.
		Leinster (Land of Broad Spears) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
	www.computer-2tr.com /Ireland/links/Four_Provinces.html (525 words)

	Provinces of Ireland Information
		These provinces began as little more than loosely federated kingdoms with somewhat flexible boundaries, but in modern times they have become associated with groups of specific counties though they have no legal status.
		The provinces were supplanted by the present system of counties after the Norman occupation in the twelfth century.
		Ulster in the north is the seat of battle valour, of haughtiness, strife, boasting; the men of Ulster are the fiercest warriors of all Ireland, and the queens and goddesses of Ulster are associated with battle and death.
	www.bookrags.com /Provinces_of_Ireland (419 words)

	CAIN: Symbols - Flags Used in Northern Ireland
		The British Union Flag is the official flag of Northern Ireland and is an integral part of the Protestant, Unionist, and Loyalist tradition.
		Description: The Ulster Flag represents the nine counties of the ancient province of Ulster, and is one of the four provincial flags of Ireland.
		However this particular flag of Northern Ireland is seen as staunchly Loyalist because of the Crown, the Star of David, and the Red Hand of Ulster.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /images/symbols/flags.htm (1171 words)

	Ireland - Wikinfo
		Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the second largest of the British Isles.
		Northern Ireland, capital - Belfast, also referred to as the 'Six Counties' or 'Ulster' (the latter name is slightly confusing for outsiders as it is also the name of the historic province of Ulster which encompasses 3 counties in the Republic and 6 counties in Northern Ireland).
		The major religions, the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, are organised on an all-island basis.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ireland (2374 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Twenty-six of the counties are in the Republic of Ireland, and the remaining six (all in Ulster) are in Northern Ireland.
		The GAA is organised on an all-Ireland basis with all 32 counties competing; traditionally, counties first compete within their province, in the provincial championships, and the winners then compete in the All-Ireland senior hurling or football championships.
		Ireland's largest religious group is the Roman Catholic Church (about 70% for the entire island, and over 90% for the Republic), and most of the rest of the population adhere to one of the various Protestant denominations.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Ireland.htm (7372 words)

	Counties and Provinces of Ireland
		Ireland was divided up into counties by the English crown around 400 years ago.
		In the Republic of Ireland, however, these historic divisions are still used as the basis of local government.
		These provinces were dynamic and their borders changed all the time.
	www.wesleyjohnston.com /users/ireland/geography/counties.html (375 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		In the post-Norman period the historic provinces of Leinster and Meath gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster.
		They are today seen in a sporting context, as Ireland's four professional rugby teams play under the names of the provinces, and the Gaelic Athletic Association has separate provincial championships.
		Northern Ireland is often referred to as a province of the United Kingdom.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=provinces_of_Ireland (242 words)

	Scouts in Ireland, Scouting Ireland, scouts.ie - Provinces
		Scouts in Ireland, Scouting Ireland, scouts.ie - Provinces
		Details for each of the Scouting Provinces, including useful contacts, county listings and individual Scouting homepages can be found by clicking on the appropriate area of the map of Ireland opposite.
		Scouting Ireland is a company limited by guarantee exempt from using the word "limited".
	www.scouts.ie /provinces (77 words)

	Ireland - Geography Irish People
		Ireland (Ireland Tours) is divided into four provinces and these are subdivided into thirty-two counties.
		The provinces are Ulster, Con-naught, Leinster and Munster.
		Cork is the largest county, and Louth (Bed and Breakfasts, Louth, Ireland) is the smallest.
	www.travelinireland.com /ireland_geography/people/ireland_people.htm (143 words)

	e Car Rental Ireland - Cheap Car Hire in Ireland
		Ireland is often referred to as ‘The Emerald Isle’ or the land of ‘Saints and Scholars’ but in reality Ireland is a country which mixes areas of massive economic growth with areas of stunning beauty.
		Geographically the Island of Ireland is divided into four provinces, Leinster (East), Munster (South), Ulster (North) and Connacht (West).
		The current population of Ireland is in the region of 5.8 million people with 4 million people living in the Republic of Ireland.
	www.e-car-rental-ireland.com (246 words)

	Irish TaeKwonDo Union - TaeKwonDo in Ireland
		The geography of ancient Ireland is rooted in myth and legend, and so the degree of certainty about anything geographical diminishes the further back in time it is. Today, when Irish talk about the provinces of Ireland, they mean Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connaught.
		Leinster (Lagin), a traditional province in southeastern Ireland, incorporates the areas of the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Meath.
		A dispute over the kingship of Leinster was the occasion for the first English invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, and in the later medieval period, Leinster--particularly the area around Dublin, known as the Pale--was the only part of the country effectively under English control.
	www.itu.ie /pages/4_provinces.htm (826 words)

	magoo.com: Ireland by Hugh McGough
		The Home Rule Map of Ireland, published in 1893, which is part of the General Maps section of the American Memory Collection of The Library of Congress, is detailed, zoomable, and fun to use.
		For a map showing the six provinces of Ireland and their location in relationship to Dal Riada, Strathclyde, and other early kingdoms of Scotland and England, see Post-Roman Celtic Britain —The Island of Britain AD 450–600.
		Maps of Celtic Ireland are published in connection with an article on Irish Brooches of the Early Medieval Celtic Period by Alisa Petti, part of an exhibition on Celtic Art and Cultures on the website of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/ireland.html (2030 words)

	Provinces of Ireland
		Northern Ireland is therefore a province of the United Kingdom, and is usually referred to as such, especially by Unionists.
		South of the Danube lie the Austrian Alpine provinces and the provinces of Carinthia and Carnola; north of the Danube are the Carpathian and Sudetic provinces.
		Biography for the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Provinces_of_Ireland (2203 words)

	Four provinces flags of Ireland - Irish culture
		The flag is a representation of all counties in Ireland and were in use before the partition of the six counties of newly formed Ulster (Northern Ireland).
		The Four Provinces of Ireland flag has no official status in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland so it can be found in various places and events such as parades, sports among various other locations.
		From around the 16th Century a blue flag with the Gold harp was the arms of Ireland until United Irishmen switched the main color to green to symbolize the revolution in the 18th century.
	www.yourirish.com /four-provinces-flag.htm (484 words)

	Celtic Attic: Olde Worlds - Provinces Of Ireland
		A thirteenth century crozier head found near Cashel, County Tipperary, which is delicately crafted in burnished metal and resting on a blue enamel surface shows similarities with the antique Irish crown of the Munster motif and is instrumental in deciphering the origin of the motif.
		The arms of the historic province of Ulster is a combination of the heraldic symbols of two of that provinces best known families, namely, the cross of de Burgo and the Red hand of O'Neill.
		However, during the Milasion invasion of Ireland (6000-5000 B.C.), he was making his way to Ireland and he realized he was being beaten so to ensure he kept his promise to his father he cut off his hand, dripping with blood and threw it upon the shore of Ulster.
	www.celticattic.com /olde_world/provinces_of_ireland.htm (743 words)

	Provinces of Ireland - Irish Castles
		Although the four provinces of Ireland have no official/legal status today they are more associated with sporting teams in rugby and the GAA..
		Castles in Munster Irelands most Southern province Musnter consists of 6 counties which are: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
		Castles in Leinster This province is located on the East of Ireland and consists of 12 counties which are Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
	www.castlesinireland.net /provinces-of-ireland.html (219 words)

	Ireland@Everything2.com
		Island off the western coast of Europe, in the British Isles, or one of the countries on it (which is also known as the Republic of Ireland).
		The island of Ireland was historically split into five provinces, or fifths ("cúige" in Irish).
		Six counties of Ulster form Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, while the remaining three counties of Ulster, along with the other three provinces, form the Republic of Ireland.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node=Ireland (298 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		During late Celtic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha.
		During Ireland's golden age these counties were little more than loosely federated kingdoms with somewhat flexible boundaries, but in modern times they have become associated with groups of specific counties though have no legal status.
		The provinces would be supplanted by the present system of counties after the Norman occupation in the twelfth century.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Provinces_of_Ireland (150 words)

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