Ulster
Sign in to saveUlster (; or ; or Ulster) is one of the four historical provinces of Ireland, located in the northern part of the island. It is made up of nine counties, with six of these comprising Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom), while the remaining three are in the Republic of Ireland.
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Ulster is one of Ireland's four historical provinces, located in the north of the island and consisting of nine counties. It matters historically and geographically because six of its counties form Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) while the other three are in the Republic of Ireland, making it a region that reflects the island's political division.
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- Patron saints: Finnian of Moville and Columba a. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency census of 2021 results (1,903,100) combined with the preliminary results of 2022 census of Ireland for Ulster (part of; 314,076). b. The counties of Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal are part of the Midlands–North-West constituency (5 MEPs); these three counties contain 19.5% of the population of the constituency. Following Brexit, as the United Kingdom left the EU, there are no MEPs from Northern Ireland.
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- Ulster
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- (Ulster-Scots)
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- metric
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- Coat of arms of Ulster.svg
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- 90px
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- Flag of Ulster.svg
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- 160px
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- 192px
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25 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Geography and political sub-divisions
- County-based sub-divisions
- Council-based sub-divisions
- Largest settlements
- Economy
- Physical geography
- Transport
- Air
- Rail
- Languages and dialects
- History
- Early history
- Plantations and civil wars
- Emigration
- Republicanism, rebellion and communal strife
- Industrialisation, Home Rule and partition
- 1920 to present
- People
- Sport
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Ulster (; or ; or Ulster) is one of the four historical provinces of Ireland, located in the northern part of the island. It is made up of nine counties, with six of these comprising Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom), while the remaining three are in the Republic of Ireland.
It is the second-largest (after Munster) and second-most populous (after Leinster) of Ireland's four traditional provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants, making up almost half of its population. English is the main language and Ulster English the main dialect. A minority also speak Irish, and there are (Irish-speaking regions) in County Donegal which is home to a quarter of the total Gaeltacht population of the Republic of Ireland. There are also large Irish-speaking networks in southern County Londonderry and in the Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast. Ulster-Scots is also spoken extensively in the counties Antrim, Down, Londonderry, Tyrone and Donegal. Lough Neagh, in the east, is the largest lake in the British Isles, while Lough Erne in the west is one of its largest lake networks. The main mountain ranges are the Mournes, Sperrins, Blue Stack (Croaghgorms) and Derryveagh Mountains.