The four regions of Ireland

Last week a friend of mine asked me about the counties or provinces of Éire. So I decided to write this short article to tell him that Ireland has four main counties:

• Ulster (North)
  
• Connacht or Connaught (West)
  
• Munster (South)
  
• Leinster (East)
  

He asked me also to tell him about the name of these counties in Irish or Gaelic. Therefore, I can tell you that the names of the four regions or "cúigí" (KOO-ig-ee) are:

• Cúige Connacht (KOO-ig-e KOHN-uhk*t), Connaught
• Cúige Mumhan (KOO-ig-e MOO-uhn), Munster
• Cúige Uladh (U-luh), Ulster
• Cúige Laighean (LEYE-uhn), Leinster

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