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Name of a country (Northern Ireland)
also the name of a county in the USA
Ulster.biz
IRELAND HAS FOUR PROVINCES
ULSTER
LEINSTER
CONNAUGHT
MUNSTER
Ulster is the contemporay and historic name for Northern Ireland
Area: 24,481 km²
Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918
Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city, Belfast has an urban area of over half a million inhabitants. The next largest city is Derry, with almost 100,000 residents.
Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Londonderry (Doire) (formerly known as County Coleraine before being renamed during the Plantation of Ulster) and Tyrone (Têr Eoghain), form Northern Ireland, and remained part of the United Kingdom after the partition of Ireland in 1921. Three Ulster counties, Cavan (An Cabhán), Donegal (Dún na nGall) and Monaghan (Muineachán) form part of the Republic of Ireland.
Birthplace of George Best, Liam Neeson amongst many other famous people
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also the name of a county in the USA
Ulster.biz
IRELAND HAS FOUR PROVINCES
ULSTER
LEINSTER
CONNAUGHT
MUNSTER
Ulster is the contemporay and historic name for Northern Ireland
Area: 24,481 km²
Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918
Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city, Belfast has an urban area of over half a million inhabitants. The next largest city is Derry, with almost 100,000 residents.
Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Londonderry (Doire) (formerly known as County Coleraine before being renamed during the Plantation of Ulster) and Tyrone (Têr Eoghain), form Northern Ireland, and remained part of the United Kingdom after the partition of Ireland in 1921. Three Ulster counties, Cavan (An Cabhán), Donegal (Dún na nGall) and Monaghan (Muineachán) form part of the Republic of Ireland.
Birthplace of George Best, Liam Neeson amongst many other famous people
PLEASE POST OFFERS
