Province of Connacht
Galway
Where Connemara's wild beauty meets the city that never sleeps
Leitrim
One of Ireland's least populated counties and one of its most beautiful
Mayo
Where Connacht meets the Atlantic and history weighs most heavily
Roscommon
The heartland of Connacht, where the Shannon flows and ancient kingdoms rose
Sligo
Yeats country, where poetry, myth and landscape are inseparable
Province of Leinster
Carlow
The smallest county in Ireland, carrying some of its oldest stories
Dublin
Where Ireland's story is kept and where millions began their journey
Kildare
The plains of Kildare, where horses run and ancient power once rested
Kilkenny
Medieval Ireland's finest city, where the old world is still visible
Laois
The heart of Ireland, long contested and quietly enduring
Longford
A quiet midland county with deep roots and a fierce literary tradition
Louth
Ireland's smallest county by area, home to some of its greatest stories
Meath
The Royal County, where Ireland's oldest civilisation left its greatest monuments
Offaly
Bog and monastery, the midland county that shaped early Irish Christianity
Westmeath
The lake county of Leinster, where the midlands open into water and sky
Wexford
The Model County, where 1798 burned brightest and the sea always beckoned
Wicklow
The Garden of Ireland, wild mountains on Dublin's doorstep
Province of Munster
Clare
Where the Atlantic meets ancient stone and the music never stops
Cork
The rebel county, proud, independent and shaped by the sea
Kerry
Ireland's most dramatic landscape and its most fiercely proud people
Limerick
The Treaty City, where Ireland's fate was once decided
Tipperary
The Premier County, rich land, rebel spirit and the Rock of Cashel
Waterford
Ireland's oldest city and one of its most storied coastlines
Province of Ulster
Antrim
Where the Giants Causeway meets centuries of conflict and culture
Armagh
The spiritual capital of Ireland, where faith shaped a nation
Cavan
A landscape of a thousand lakes, where Ulster's ancient families took root
Derry
The Walled City, where the northwest of Ireland tells its story
Donegal
The wildest corner of Ireland, where Gaelic culture survived longest
Down
Where Saint Patrick is buried and the Mourne Mountains meet the sea
Fermanagh
The lake county, where water defines the landscape and the people
Monaghan
Drumlin country, small hills, deep roots and poets in every parish
Tyrone
The heart of Ulster, where the O'Neill family held the north for centuries
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