Down, Cork and Mayo.
There is no reason for Ireland to change its name. Ireland has been the name for a long time and a name like "United Counties" would make no sense and leave people asking "Where is that?" to which the answer would be given "It is Ireland." So it is best to leave it as Ireland.
County Carlow.There are thirty two counties not three in the Island of Ireland - twenty six in the ROI and six in NI.
The word for Ireland in the Irish language is Éire.
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.
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Ireland has 4 provinces. They are Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht. In each of these are the counties. The 32 counties are as follows:There are 12 in the province of Leinster:DublinKildareMeathLaoisLouthLongfordOffalyCarlowKilkennyWexfordWicklowWestmeathThere are 9 in the province of Ulster:Fermanagh *DonegalAntrim *CavanTyrone *Down *Armagh *Derry *Monaghan(* - The 6 counties that are part of Northern Ireland)There are 6 in the province of Munster:CorkKerryClareWaterfordTipperaryLimerickThere are 5 in the province of Connacht:GalwayMayoRoscommonLeitrimSligo
Armagh is a county in Northern Ireland and it has a city called Armagh. The other five counties in Northern Ireland are Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Down and Derry. Derry is also the name of a city. The biggest city in Northern Ireland is Belfast, part of which is in county Antrim and part of which is in county Down.
== == There are 32 counties in Ireland. 26 of them are in the Republic of Ireland. They are: Donegal. Monaghan. Cavan. Kerry. Cork. Waterford. Clare. Tipperary. Limerick. Clare. Dublin. Meath. Kildare. Offaly. Carlow. Westmeath. Wexford. Wicklow. Kilkenny. Laois. Louth. Longford. Galway. Mayo. Roscommon. Leitrim. Sligo. The 6 in Northern Ireland are: Fermanagh. Antrim. Tyrone. Down. Armagh. Derry.
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.
Ireland is one country. On the island of Ireland, you have the Republic of Ireland as one country and Northern Ireland as another. If you mean counties, there are 32 counties in Ireland. See the related question below.
The River Foyle flows through the counties of Donegal, Londonderry, and Tyrone in Ireland.