Facts about Ireland
The Republic of Ireland is divided into 26 counties. They are the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare,
Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow, in Leinster
Province; Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford, in Munster Province; Galway,
Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo, in Connacht Province; and Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan, in
Ulster Province. Each county is governed by at least one county council.
The Irish Police force,Gardai, are unarmed, detectives however do carry firearms.
An interesting fact is that The Book of Kells is sometimes referred to as The Book of Columbia.
Did you know this fact? Dublin's O'Connell street is named after Daniel O'Connell but was called
Sackville Street Prior to this.
Road signs in the Republic of Ireland are bilingual (Irish and English), most signs are now in
metric(km) but many are still in imperial(miles).
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