County Meath is a maritime county in the province of Leinster and in the eastern part of Ireland. The county, covering an area of 904 square miles, has a population of 135,000 approx. Bordered on the east by Dublin and the Irish Sea, on the north by Louth,...
Maritime county in the extreme northeast, in the province of Ulster, one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county has an area of 1,092 square miles and a population of 562,216. Only twenty miles across the Irish Sea from Scotland at its closest ...
One of the four provinces of Ireland. This Northwest province covers an area of 6838 square miles. It has a population of around 500,000. Connacht is the least arable but one of the most beautiful provinces of Ireland. Its name derives from the Connachta , followers of Conn of...
Waterford is a maritime county in the province of Munster. Covering 716 square miles , Waterford has a population of over 110,000. The county is bounded on the north by the River Suir, on the east by Waterford Harbour, and on the south by the Celtic Sea. ...
Ireland's second largest county, in the province of Connacht. Extending from the Atlantic to the River Shannon (area of 2,374 square miles), the county has a population of over 208,000. Galway City, the county capital, straddles the divide between the barren Irish-speaking Connemara to the west...
County Louth is a maritime county in the province of Leinster...
Inland county in the province of Leinster. After Leitrim , the landlocked county of Longford (421 square miles) is the second least populated county in Ireland, with 31,500 inhabitants. Primarily agricultural, the county has some light industry and textile production. The reputation of being of being a...
Newgrange is a passage-grave in the Boyne Valley , in County Meath. Newgrange is Irelands most famous prehistoric monument , built about 500 years before the PYRAMIDS...
Albert Clock Until a recent renovation corrected its list, the Albert Memorial Clock was Belfast’s answer to Pisa’s leaning tower. Erected in 1865 in Gothic style to commemorate Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert, it was tall enough at 113ft, to offer an excellent vantage point for...
Inland county in the province of Munster. The county, 1,064 square miles, has a population of approx 180,000. Very fertile areas of the county, especially in the east and center, are part of the "Golden Vale," where dairy farming thrives. The Shannon forms the northern border of County...