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Ireland has traditionally been divided into four provinces or regional territorial divisions. These four Provinces provide a construct for how Ireland has been traditionally viewed. The terms provinces, however, is a foreign word. The Irish-language word for these territorial division is "cúige" (meaning "fifth part"). This reveals that their was once five provinces. The fifth province was Meath (now a part of Leinster). The four provinces are divided into 26 countirs. The provinces and countries are as follows. The Republic of Ireland is composed of Connacht, Leinster, and Munster. Connacht in the northwest is composed of Galway (Galway City), Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Leinster in the east is composed of Carlow, Dublin (Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. Munster in the southwest is composed of Clare, Cork (Cork City), Kerry, Limerick (Limerick City), Tipperary (North Tipperary and South Tipperary), and Waterford (Waterford City). British Northern Ireland is basically composed of the fourty povince--Ulster. Ulster is composed of Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Antrim. Armagh. Down. Fermanagh. Londonderry. and Tyrone. The Republic of Ireland since European Union (EU) admission is now divided into two EU regions. 1) Southern and Eastern Ireland, including Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Waterford. 2) Border, Midland and Western Ireland, including Galway City.
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