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(Encyclopedia) Carlow
kärˈlō
[key], county, 346 sq mi (896 sq km), SE Republic of Ireland. The chief
town...
(Encyclopedia) Ireland, Irish Eire ârˈə [key] [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. The island is divided in...
(Encyclopedia) Dún Laoghaire
do͞on lărˈē, dŭn
lârˈə
[key], city, Co. Dublin, E central Repu...
(Encyclopedia) Cork, city, county town of Co. Cork,
S Republic of Ireland, on the Lee River near its mouth on Cork Harbour. The
oldest part of the town rests on an isl...
(Encyclopedia) Longford, county (1991 pop. 30,296), 403 sq mi (1,044 sq km), N central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Longford. A part of the central plain of Ireland, it has level land with numerous small ...
(Encyclopedia) Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire.
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(Encyclopedia) Wexford wĕksˈfərd [key], county (1991 pop. 102,069), 910 sq mi (2,357 sq km), SE Republic of Ireland. The county seat is the port city of Wexford. Most of the land is low and fertile, but on the we...
(Encyclopedia) Longford, town (1991 pop. 6,393), seat of Co. Longford, N central Republic of Ireland, on the Camlin River. It is primarily a farm market. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Ardagh and Clonmacnois is the...
(Encyclopedia) Dundalk
dəndôkˈ
[key], town, seat of Co. Louth, NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of
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(Encyclopedia) Tipperary, town (1991 pop. 4,963), seat of Co. Tipperary, S central Republic of Ireland. The center of a rich agricultural region, it is a farm market. Linoleum, mineral water, condensed milk, and glo...