View Ireland Counties And Provinces Pics. The island of ireland is made up of four provinces and 32 counties, and they all have their own unique charms and traditions. And isn't northern ireland (which is it is the smallest province of ireland if you go by the number of counties included.
The irish word for this territorial division, cúige, literally meaning fifth part, indicates that there were once five;
Perhaps unsurprisingly, census data show that the population in counties closest to the republic of ireland feels more irish than british, while those living further away report that they feel more british. Ireland was divided up into counties by the english crown around 400 years ago. The provinces date back to about the beginning of the christian era, when there were five of them (with meath). The nicknames given are principally used in relation it is in connaught province, is the third largest of the counties in ireland, and is a wild mountainous region with a long and beautiful atlantic coastline.
