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Total area : 84, 421 sq meters
Northern Ireland : 14, 139 sq meters
Republic of Ireland : 70, 282 sq meters
Distance North-South : 486km
Distance East-West : 275km
The island is formed of four provinces : Leinster, Ulster, Connaught and Munster, and is divided into 32 counties, six of which form Northern Ireland.
Highest mountain : Carrantuohil (Co. Kerry) – 1041m
Longest river : the Shannon (370km)
Largest lake : Lough Neagh (Northern Ireland) – 396 sq meters
1. Donegal
2. Derry
3. Antrim
4. Tyrone
5. Armagh
6. Down
7. Fermanagh
8. Monaghan
9. Louth
10. Leitrim
11. Cavan
12. Sligo
13. Mayo
14. Roscommon
15. Longford
16. Westmeath
17. Meath
18. Dublin
19. Galway
20. Offaly
21. Laois
22. Kildare
23. Wicklow
24. Clare
25. Tipperary
26. Kilkenny
27. Carlow
28. Wexford
29. Limerick
30. Kerry
31. Cork
32. Waterford
One particularity of the Irish landscape is its bogs, also called peatlands. Peat is still used as a fuel and on a cold winter’s day you will recognize the smell of the turf being burnt. Raised bogs have a raised center and form on waterlogged areas (eg the bog of Allen). Blanket bogs cover hills and valleys (Co. Wicklow, Mayo, Antrim…) Flat bogs (fens) develop at the edges of lakes. |
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