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County Waterford

Irish Name: Port Láirge - "Lárag's port" County Town: Waterford Nickname: The Suirsiders, The Crystal Couny GAA Colors: Blue and white Famous People with Waterford roots: Thomas Francis Meagher, Tyrone Power, John O'Shea, Teresa Deevy, Sean Dunne, Thomas Sir Wyse, Richard T O, William Vincent Wallace When people think of Waterford the first connection they make is the obvious one. Waterford and crystal are synonymous with quality. But to think of the county in purely those terms is to do it a FULL STORY >


County Wicklow

Irish Name: Cill Mhantáin - "Church of the toothless one" County Town: Wicklow Nickname: The Garden of Ireland, The Goat Suckers GAA Colors: Blue and Gold Famous People with Wicklow roots: Charles Stewart Parnell, Mary Tighe, Mathew Lyon, Dermot Troy, Peter O'Connor, Michael Dwyer, Ann Devlin, Count Laval Nugent, Colm Wilkinson, Sinead O'Connor, Dara O'Brian, Frank Kelly Wicklow, meaning "church of the toothless one") is the county seat of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of the capital FULL STORY >


County Donegal

Irish Name: Dhún na nGall: "Fort of the foreigners" County Town: Lifford Nickname: Tír Chonaill or Tyrconnell GAA Colors: Green and Gold Famous People with Donegal roots: Colm Cille, Isaac Butt, Brian Friel, Charles Macklin, Frances Browne, Maureen Wall, Cathal Ó Searcaigh County Donegal is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the Province of Ulster and is part of the Republic of FULL STORY >


County Galway

Irish Name: Gaillimh: "stony" County Town: Galway Nickname: The Tribesmen GAA Colors: Maroon and White Famous People with Galway roots: James Joyce's wife Nora Barnacle, Eamon Casey, Walter Macken, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Liam O'Flaherty, Breandán Ó hEithir, Muiris Ó Súileabháin, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Dónall MacAmhlaigh, Frank Harris, Ellis Dillon and Lady Gregory, the founder of Abbey Theatre. Also from Galway are revoloutionaries like Eamonn Ceannt, Liam Mellowes and John Lynch, a signatory of the American Declaration of Independance. And miscellaneous, like Lord Haw-Haw, executed radio presenter propagandist for the Third Reich, Robert O'Hara Burke, the leader of the first European expedition to cross Australia FULL STORY >


County Sligo

Irish Name: Sligeach: "A shelly place" County Town: Sligo Nickname: The Yeats County, The Magpies GAA Colors: Black and White Famous People with Sligo roots: WB Yeats, Edward P. Doherty (allegedy caught Lincoln assassinator John Wilkes Booth), Bram Stoker, Neil Jordan, Brother Waldred (founder of Celtic FC), Countess Markievicz, Bernardo O'Higgins (former President of Chile) County Sligo is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of FULL STORY >





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