Week One

The Counties of Ireland

  • Ireland is divided up into 4 provinces as you know: Munster, Connacht, Leinster and Ulster.

  • Each province is broken up into different counties, some of these counties you will have heard of.

  • We will be looking at these 32 counties and which counties are in each province.

Activity One

Go to page 37 of your Explore With Me book.

Fill in the blanks at the end of the page:

  • I live in county _________________.

  • The largest county in Ireland is _________________.

  • The smallest county in Ireland is ______________.

  • There are ____ counties in the Republic of Ireland.

Louth 26 Waterford Cork

Use these clues to help you fill in the 4 sentences and you will have to look at the map closely to find out which counties are the biggest and smallest.


The Counties and Provinces


  1. Colour the 6 counties of Munster in red: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.


  1. Colour the 5 counties of Connacht in green: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.


  1. Colour the 12 counties of Leinster in blue: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.

  1. Colour the 9 counties of Ulster in yellow: Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone.

Activity Two

Answer these questions into your copy, make sure to write full answers. Use the map on pg 37 of EWM to help you.

Q1. How many counties in Ireland begin with the letter 'c' - name them?

Q2. How many counties are in Ulster and Munster?

Q3. Name 3 counties that touch off Waterford. (Look at the map)

Q4. Name 3 counties that begin with the letter 'D'.

Q5. Which province has the most counties?

Q6. Which province has the smallest amount of counties?

Activity Three

Did you know that each county of Ireland has a nickname! Try to find out, by asking an adult or using google what nicknames these counties have.

Write these sentences into your copy:

  1. Waterford is also known as the 'DĂ©ise.'

  2. Cork is also known as the __________________.

  3. Wexford are known as the ___________________.

  4. Kilkenny are known as the ____________.

  5. Kerry is known as the _______________.