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Encyclopedia > County Waterford
County Waterford
Image:IrelandWaterford.png
Area: 1,837 km²
Capital: Waterford
Code: WD
Population: 101,546 (2002)
Province: Munster

County Waterford (Port Láirge in Irish) is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Ireland. Administratively, the City of Waterford is a county-level authority. Dungarvan is the administrative centre for the rest of the county. map File links The following pages link to this file: County Waterford Categories: GFDL images ... This is a list of counties of Ireland ordered by area. ... List of capitals of subnational entities covers currently the following national entities: #A-C: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Peoples Republic of China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, #D-F: Denmark, Finland, France, #G-L: Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Ireland, Japan... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... an Irish number plate Number plates in the Republic of Ireland conform to the European standard, with a blue band, 12 stars of the European flag and country identifier. ... During late Celtic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Alternate uses: See Munster (disambiguation). ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... Alternate uses: See Munster (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... Dungarvan (Dún Garbháin in Irish) is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. ...


Towns and villages in County Waterford include:

Round tower and ruins of St. ... Dungarvan (Dún Garbháin in Irish) is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. ... Dunmore East (Dún Mór in Irish) is a small village in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, located on the east side of Waterford Harbour on Irelands southern coast. ... Lismore (Lios Mór in Irish, meaning Great Enclosure) is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. ... Tramore (Irish: Trá Mhór) is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Ireland. ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ...

External link

  • Official county website (http://www.waterfordcoco.ie/)


Counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway (~City) | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork (~City) | Kerry | Limerick (~City) | Tipperary (North~; South~) | Waterford (~City)
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin (~City; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown; Fingal; South~) | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* denotes counties in Northern Ireland (others are in the Republic of Ireland); italics denotes non-administrative counties; (parentheses) denotes non-traditional counties

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AllRefer.com - Waterford, county, Republic of Ireland (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (265 words)
The county seat is the port town of Waterford.
The coastline, on the south, is indented by Dungarvan Harbour and Waterford Harbour and by Youghal Bay and Tramore Bay.
Waterford was rebellious under English domination, notably in the latter part of the 16th cent., when it suffered severely during the revolt of the Desmonds.
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