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Why are all the western counties bigger than the eastern counties?

  • 01-02-2011 11:44pm
    #1
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭


    I was looking at a map of the country and i noticed that all the large counties are located at the western side of the country. just wondering why?

    thoughts?


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  • #2
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    I was going to reply with something witty ...

    but ... you actually got me thinking :pac:
    like who decided what size a county was in the first place?


  • #3
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Mal-Adjusted wrote: »
    I was looking at a map of the country and i noticed that all the large counties are located at the western side of the country. just wondering why?

    thoughts?


    Fewer people. What's the merit in having a county with a population of 3,000 if it's the same size as Louth?

    NTM


  • #4
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Sing it!

    "Don't know much about geography...."


  • #5
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    There are only so many jackeens you can fit into the east coast


  • #6
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    I'd say it's to do with the land quality for the most part. I mean, remember Cromwell? "To hell or to Connacht", cause of the poor land quality. Poor quality meant needing bigger areas to compensate.



    Sorta like guys that buy flash cars to compensate.


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  • #7
    b.o.m.d.a.s.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭b.o.m.d.a.s.


    big countries in west, small countries in east


  • #8
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭flyton5


    <countryside shíthole comment>


  • #9
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Counties in the west needed to expand further to capture enough good GAA players for a team.


  • #10
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Up the west. Cork is the largest county with Galway second.


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