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Families of Leinster

The eastern province — twelve counties from Donegal Bay's southern shore round to Wexford. The Pale, Dublin, the seat of the Lordship of Ireland, and the Norse-and-Norman foundations on the east coast.

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Counties of Leinster · 12

  • Carlow

    Ceatharlach

    The Barrow valley — the Mac Murchadha Caomhánach kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig.

  • Dublin

    Baile Átha Cliath

    Dubhlinn — the Norse longphort, the Anglo-Norman capital, the seat of the Lordship of Ireland.

  • Kildare

    Cill Dara

    The Curragh, Maynooth and Kilkea — the seat of the Geraldines of Kildare, lords-deputy of mediaeval Ireland.

  • Kilkenny

    Cill Chainnigh

    The Nore, the marble city, the Butler seat — Kilkenny Castle and the Statutes of 1366.

  • Laois

    Laois

    Queen's County until 1922 — the Mac Giolla Phádraig kingdom of Osraighe and the Plantation of Mary I.

  • Longford

    An Longfort

    The Ó Fearghail lordship of Annaly — the smallest of the Leinster counties.

  • Louth

    Lú

    Drogheda and Dundalk — the gateway to the Pale, and the killing-ground of the Cromwellian conquest.

  • Meath

    An Mhí

    The Royal County — Tara of the high kings, Newgrange, and the heart of the old kingdom of Mide.

  • Offaly

    Uíbh Fhailí

    King's County until 1922 — Birr, Clonmacnoise, and the Ó Conchobhair Failí kingdom.

  • Westmeath

    An Iarmhí

    Athlone on the Shannon, the lakelands — the western half of the old kingdom of Mide.

  • Wexford

    Loch Garman

    The Norman beachhead of 1169, the Wexford rising of 1798, and the southern reach of Uí Cheinnselaig.

  • Wicklow

    Cill Mhantáin

    The Garden of Ireland, Glendalough, and the Ó Broin and Ó Tuathail mountain lordships south of the Pale.