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Some of these nicknames come from their county teams and some counties have more than one nickname. Some of the names used are very well known and some others would not be so well known. There would even be some other nicknames used for some counties, so this is not a definitive list, but it does include nicknames associated with all of the counties in Ireland.
Antrim - The Glensmen or the Saffron county
Armagh - The Orchard county
Carlow - The Dolmen county
Cavan - The Breffni county
Clare - The Banner county
Cork - The Rebel county
Derry - The Oakleaf county
Donegal - Tir Chonaill or the O'Donnell county
Down - The Mourne county
Dublin - The Liffeysiders or the Jackeens or the Capital or the Dubs
Femanagh - The Maguire county or the Lakeland county
Galway - The Tribesmen
Kerry - The Kingdom
Kildare - The Lilywhite county
Kilkenny - The Cats, the Noresiders, the Marble county
Laois - The O'Moore county
Leitrim - The Ridge county, the Wild Rose county, the O'Rourke county
Limerick - The Treaty county, the Shannonsiders
Longford - The slashers
Louth - The Wee county
Mayo - The heather county, The Maritime county
Meath - The Royal county
Monaghan - The Farney county, the Drumlin county
Roscommon - The Rossies, The Sheep Steals
Sligo - The Yeats county
Tipperary - The Premier county
Tyrone - The Red Hand county, The O'Neill county
Waterford - The Deise, The Suirsiders, The Crystal county
Westmeath - The Lake county
Wexford - The Model county
Wcklow - The Garden county
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What is the Orchard County in Ireland?
The Orchard County is a nickname for county Armagh. Armagh is famous for its large Orchard fields throughout the county and this is the reason for the nickname.
How did Laois get its name?
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What is Donegal's nickname?
Donegal county in Ireland is known as the Forgotten County. It is also known as The O'Donnell County and The Herring Gutters.
Is there a political problem calling Ireland the Emerald Isle in a song?
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What is a 5 letter county or city in Northern Ireland?
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Where is Hilman county in Ireland?
There is no county in Ireland called Hilman.
What is the fourth smallest county in Ireland?
County Longford is the fourth smallest county in Ireland.
Is Dunmore County in Ireland?
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What is the name of the county town of the smallest county ireland?
Louth is the smallest county in Ireland and its county town is Dundalk.
What county in Ireland is Strangford Lough in?
It is in County Down, Northern Ireland.
What is the first smallest county in Ireland?
Louth is the smallest county in Ireland.
Is county Westmeston northern or southern Ireland?
There is no county called Westmeston in Ireland. There is a county Westmeath. It is in the midlands of Ireland. That is in the Republic of Ireland, which some people mistakenly refer to by the term southern Ireland.
