Republic of Ireland

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Counties

Main article: Counties of Ireland

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The Republic of Ireland has 26 counties, and these are used in political, cultural and sporting contexts. Dáil constituencies are required by statute to follow county boundaries, as far as possible. Hence counties with greater populations have multiple constituencies (e.g. Limerick East/West) and some constituencies consist of more than one county (e.g. Sligo-Leitrim), but by and large, the actual county boundaries are not crossed. As local government units, however, some have been restructured, with County Dublin distributed between three new county councils in the 1990s and County Tipperary having been administratively two separate counties since the 1890s, giving a present-day total of 29 administrative counties and five cities. The five cities ? Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford ? are administered separately from the remainder of their respective counties. Five boroughs ? Clonmel, Drogheda, Kilkenny, Sligo and Wexford ? have a level of autonomy within the county:

Related Topics:
Counties - Dáil - 1990s - 1890s

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• County Carlow
• County Cavan
• County Clare
• County Cork
• City of Cork
• County Donegal
• County Dublin
• City of Dublin
• Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
• Fingal
• South Dublin
• County Galway
• City of Galway
• County Kerry
• County Kildare
• County Kilkenny
• City of Kilkenny (Borough)
• County Laois
• County Leitrim
• County Limerick
• City of Limerick

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• County Longford
• County Louth
• Drogheda (Borough)
• County Mayo
• County Meath
• County Monaghan
• County Offaly
• County Roscommon
• County Sligo
• Sligo (Borough)
• County Tipperary
• North Tipperary
• South Tipperary
• Clonmel (Borough)
• County Waterford
• City of Waterford
• County Westmeath
• County Wexford
• Wexford (Borough)
• County Wicklow

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