The **** county...

DMC · 30-11-2003 4:58pm #1

Maybe this is the best place for my question, as it crops up in GAA circles from time to time...

You know the way that the counties are all called after summat... like..

Wicklow = The Garden of Ireland / Garden County
Meath = Royal County
Armagh = Orchard County

etc.

Where can I get a complete list of all these? Does anyone have them?

Cheers,

DMC.

Johnny_the_fox · 02-12-2003 12:56am

here

DMC · 03-12-2003 1:12pm

Thanks for that, not complete, but not bad.

revelate · 08-12-2003 2:09am

if it's any help, i'm reliably informed that letrim is known as the cinderella county

cournioni · 08-12-2003 11:39am

Monaghan is the Farney men. It isn't shown there on the list.

seano · 08-12-2003 3:53pm

as regards Waterford ,
Where does the name The Decies County come from

gucci · 10-12-2003 7:09pm

dunno wat craic is with waterford but the mighty roscommon are known as the sheep stealers!!(no jokes about wat else we might be doing with sheep please!)

Yavvy · 11-12-2003 9:59am

my concern is for the sheep. once they are stolen..what ransom will be demanded..and whill farmer murphy pay it ? and what if he doesnt..then you have to worry about the sheep falling in love with their captors...its a mess...Im just gald not many people live in roscommon...well not many that matter...

revelate · 11-12-2003 5:01pm

the decies were an ancient tribe that settled in waterford before christianity. their kingdom was all of county waterford and parts of south tipp and they were finally defeated by the norman infidels around 1170.