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3rd & 4th Class Geography

Leinster Can you name the 12 counties of Leinster?

Offaly

Check out RTÉ Home School Hub everyday on RTÉ 2, RTÉ Player & rte.ie/learn. The Counties of Ireland This is a great rhyme for learning off all the counties of Ireland, province by province:

We are Munster’s counties fair. Cork, Kerry, Limerick Clare, Waterford, Tipperary here we are, Welcoming you from near and far.

Leinster is beyond compare, Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kildare, Wexford, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Longford and Louth are as good as any. Meath, Westmeath and that is all. over now to province small.

Connaught is the smallest oh, Galway, Leitrim and Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo that’s the lot, Just one more verse for you I’ve got.

We are Ulster’s counties nine, Let’s forget the dividing line, Donegal, Derry, Antrim, Down, all our counties of renown. Armagh, Monaghan and Tyrone, Cavan, Fermanagh now all are known. Answers: Leinster counties map: 1) Longford 2) Westmeath 3) Meath 4) Louth 5) Offaly 6) Laois 7) Kildare 8) Dublin 9) Wicklow 10) Kilkenny 11) Carlow 12) Wexford

Quiz: 1) Dublin 2) Louth 3) Laois 4) Wicklow 5) Wexford 6) Westmeath 7) Offaly

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Do you live in Leinster? Tell us what is great about about great is what us Tell Leinster? in live you Do

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Birr Castle Birr

 07 In what county is Birr castle? Birr is county what In

 06 In what county is Athlone town? Athlone is county what In

 05 What county is famous for its strawberries? its for famous is county What

 04 Where is the monastic site of Glendalough? of site monastic the is Where

Glendalough

 03 What county is the town of Stradbally? of town the is county What

 02 What is the smallest county in Ireland? in county smallest the is What

Dubh Linn, meaning black pool? pool? black meaning Linn, Dubh

 01 Which county’s name comes from the Irish words words Irish the from comes name county’s Which

remember some of them: of some remember

of the counties of Leinster. Let’s see if you can can you if see Let’s Leinster. of counties the of

Múinteoir John gave you a few facts about each each about facts few a you gave John Múinteoir Quiz