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 | | The E coast of Ireland is comparatively regular and has few deep indentations; the W coast is fringed by drowned or submerged valleys, steep cliffs, and hundreds of small islands torn from the mainland mass by the powerful forces of the Atlantic. |
 | | The counties in Ireland are: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Laoighis), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow, in Leinster Province; Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary North Riding, Tipperary South Riding, and Waterford, in Munster Province; Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo, in Connaught (Connacht) Province; and Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan, in Ulster Province. |
 | | The first step toward an Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland was made by King Henry II of England, who is said to have obtained in 1155 a bull (official document) from Pope Adrian IV authorizing him to take possession of the island, on condition of paying to the papal treasury a stipulated annual revenue. |
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