Malin Head in county Donegal.
Malin head ,Co. Donegal
Mizen Head, County Cork
The province which forms the entire geographic north of Ireland is called Ulster. It has nine counties. There is also what is called Northern Ireland which is most but not all of the province of Ulster. It contains six of the counties of Ulster. The most northerly point on the island of Ireland is in Ulster but is not actually in Northern Ireland. It is in county Donegal, one the three Ulster counties that are in the Republic of Ireland and not in Northern Ireland.
Ulster has 9 counties. Only 6 of them are part of what is called Northern Ireland. In fact, the most northerly point of all of Ireland is in Ulster, but in one of the 3 counties that is not in Northern Ireland.
The most northerly part of the Irish province of Ulster is Malin Head in county Donegal. It is also the most northerly point on the island of Ireland.
There are different answers to that question. The Irish province of Ulster, containing 9 counties forms the geographic northern part of Ireland. There is also what is known as Northern Ireland, which is made up of 6 of the 9 counties of Ulster. Interestingly, Malin Head in county Donegal, which is the most northern point of the island of Ireland is in Ulster, but in one of the 3 counties that are not in Northern Ireland.
It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Ulster. Ulster is a province of Ireland that includes the 6 counties of Northern Ireland, (Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh, Derry) and the counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan which are in the Republic of Ireland. It is sometimes referred to as The 6 counties. It is sometimes referred to as the north, with the rest of Ireland being referred to as the south. This is not geographically corrrect as Donegal, one of the other 3 counties of Ulster that is not in Northern Ireland, contains the most northerly point on the island of Ireland.
If you mean southern Ireland as a reference to the part of island of Ireland that is not Northern Ireland, then yes. The term "southern Ireland" is an incorrect and inaccurate reference to what is more commonly known as the Republic of Ireland. If you mean geographically, then the answer is no, as the most northerly point on the island of Ireland is Malin Head in county Donegal. County Donegal is in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland. See the map at the link below which shows the counties of the Republic of Ireland in green, and the counties of Northern Ireland in a tan colour. You will see that Donegal is in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, and that it has the most northerly point on the island of Ireland.
Ulster is the most northern of Ireland's 4 provinces. Ulster is made up of 9 counties, 6 of which make up the country of Northern Ireland; hence the reason why Northern Ireland is often referred to as Ulster.Ulster is a province not a country.The 9 counties of Ulster areAntrimArmaghDownFermanaghLondonderryTyroneCavanDonegalMonaghanThe first 6 make up Northern Ireland with the remaining 3 some of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland.................................1 island2 countries4 provinces32 counties
Ireland has two official languages: Irish (Gaeilge) and English. Irish is the first official language and is used as a working language of the government, while English is more widely spoken across the country.
There are many Boyd's in Ulster. Most of whom originated in Scotland. There are no specifically Ulster-Scots names as such but if the name is in Ireland and the family can be traced back further to Scotland then those people are likely to be Ulster-Scots.
Most of the Irish province of Ulster is in Northern Ireland. 6 of its 9 counties make up Northern Ireland, with the other 3 being in the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland (Eire) occupies most of the island of Ireland. The island has 32 counties split in to 4 Provinces; There are x6 counties which make up the province of Ulster (since 1922) which is referred to as Northern Ireland.
Most of the island of Ireland is independent of Britain as the Republic of Ireland. Only six counties of the province of Ulster in northeast Ireland is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.