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How many cities in Ireland

  • 26-01-2010 8:26pm
    #1
    passionforfood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    Can anybody tell me how many cities in ireland...


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  • #2
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Belfast and Dublin the rest are large towns if you go by population. Also depends what you call a city - Kilkenny and Armagh are termed cities for ecclesiastical reasons, I think, and ffs even Newry is now called a city when it's just a sprawling kip of a town.


  • #3
    henryporter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    Cork, Limerick, Galway...


  • #4
    cleremy jarkson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭cleremy jarkson


    How long is a piece of string?
    Seriously, is it 20 cm?


  • #5
    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    henryporter wrote: »
    Cork, Limerick, Galway...

    According to the local government act, there are 5 cities, which have city councils. They are Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Kilkenny is allowed to call itself a city because of it, but does not have the same powers as the main ones.


  • #6
    DundalkDuffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭DundalkDuffman


    Lisburn, Derry, Newry, Belfast, Dublin, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Galway Limerick I think all are cities. I know the 2 new Northern ones were as a result of 50 years of the Queen Elizabeth 2 back in 03, there were several ones also on the UK mainland.


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  • #7
    Shorty69664
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Shorty69664


    Some residents of a certain County Galway TOWN, insist on calling it the smallest city in the world. :D


  • #8
    Sundew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Sundew


    Kilkenny was once the CAPITAL of Ireland!!!!
    The old saying is Kilkenny was,Dublin is and Cork will!!!!!! :D


  • #9
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    :confused: how is this a history or heritage question?


  • #10
    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Rebelheart


    Perhaps he is wondering how many cities have received charters as a city, which would be a legitimate historical question. He hasn't articulated this well, if this is the question.

    More challenging would be a list of all cities and towns in Ireland which have been given charters in the past 1300 years, and the dates of these charters of course. It's doable, but time-consuming.


  • #11
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    brianthebard wrote: »
    :confused: how is this a history or heritage question?

    Sounds more like a Junior Cert question. :D


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  • #12
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    OP has a day to clarify historical and/or heritage aspects, or thread gets locked.


  • #13
    dave 27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭dave 27


    cleremy jarkson wrote: »
    How long is a piece of string?
    Seriously, is it 20 cm?

    twice the length of half of it!:p


  • #14
    Lord ButterSlip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 695 ✭✭✭Lord ButterSlip


    This question is boring at this stage as one fool will always bring it up, and then three arguements popup: There is 5 (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford), There is 6 (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny) and then someone says "None cause there all tiny, like". 1 hour later everyone is argueing and it gets locked.
    Rebelheart wrote: »
    Perhaps he is wondering how many cities have received charters as a city, which would be a legitimate historical question. He hasn't articulated this well, if this is the question.

    The answer is 7 (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny and Cashel)
    Rebelheart wrote: »
    More challenging would be a list of all cities and towns in Ireland which have been given charters in the past 1300 years, and the dates of these charters of course. It's doable, but time-consuming.

    That would be interesting indeed.
    brianthebard wrote: »
    OP has a day to clarify historical and/or heritage aspects, or thread gets locked.

    Maybe thread could be turned into a thread based on the above comment by Rebelheart? Otherwise please lock before this descends into madness.


  • #15
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    If Rebelheart or anyone else wants to start a thread on that historical topic that's fine, this thread is locked though.


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