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The river Shannon is the main river in Ireland. There are also some other rivers of significance, due to the more important towns and cities that are built on them, like the river Liffey on which Dublin is built or the Lee on which Cork is built. The Shannon would still be the most important river.
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Is the Shannon river the most important river in England?
No. The river Shannon is not in England. It is in Ireland, where it is the longest river and a very important one.
Map of southern Ireland?
Below is a link to a map of Ireland, showing Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. "Southern Ireland" is an informal term for the Republic of Ireland, and geographically incorrect, as the most northerly point in Ireland is in the Republic of Ireland.
What takes up most of Ireland?
Most of the island of Ireland is taken up by the Republic of Ireland, with the rest being Northern Ireland.
What two religions divide the republic of Ireland from northern Ireland?
Religions do not divide Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. What you are referring to is the fact that most people in the Republic of Ireland are Catholic and most people in Northern Ireland are Protestant. There are also a large amount of Protestants in the Republic of Ireland and a large amount of Catholics in Northern Ireland.
What size is southern Ireland?
What you are referring to is the Republic of Ireland. The term southern Ireland is often used for it purely to distinguish it from Northern Ireland, although in fact the most northerly point of the island of Ireland is in the Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is about 70,273 square kilometres or 27,133 square miles.
Which stretches farther south Ireland or Northern Ireland?
The proper term for what people call southern Ireland is the Republic of Ireland. The most southerly point of Ireland is Mizen Head, in Co. Cork which is in the Republic of Ireland. The most northerly point of Ireland is Malin Head, in Co. Donegal, which is also in the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland consists of 6 of Ireland's 32 counties, but neither the most northerly or southerly point of Ireland is in Northern Ireland. The most westerly point is also in the Republic of Ireland, in Co. Kerry, but the most easterly point is in Co. Down in Northern Ireland. See the map below, which shows all the counties of Ireland, with the 6 yellow ones being those in Northern Ireland.
Most people in Ireland practice what type of Christianity?
Most Irish (both Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland) are Roman Catholics.
What is the most polluted river in Ireland?
The Avoca River is one
Is Meath Ireland part of southern Ireland?
Meath is in the northeastern part of the Republic of Ireland. The term "Southern Ireland" is an informal term used for the Republic of Ireland, to distinguish it from "Northern Ireland". It is not an official name or geographically correct. In fact, the most northerly point of the island of Ireland is in the Republic of Ireland.
Does northern Ireland or the republic of Ireland occupy most of the island 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.
What is the name of the capital city of southern Ireland?
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland, which sits on the southern three-quarters of the island of Ireland. The term "Southern Ireland" is often incorrectly used to refer to the Republic of Ireland. "Southern Ireland" is not an official term, and it is often used to distinguish the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland. As it happens, the most northerly point on the island of Ireland is actually in what people refer to as "Southern Ireland" See the map below, which shows Northern Ireland as the grey area. You can see that the most northerly point is in county Donegal, which is in the Republic of Ireland, which people incorrectly refer to as "Southern Ireland":Dublin
What borders the northern part of Ireland?
There is the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, in the northern part of Ireland. The most northern point on the island of Ireland is actually in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, as you will see at the map at the link below. Around the northern coast, is the Atlantic Ocean.
