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Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: /ˈkuːgʲ ˈulu/) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster - Geography and demographics. Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city is Belfast (Béal Feirste). Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Lond ...

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Ulster - Early history. Ulster is one of the four Irish provinces. Its name derives from the Irish language Cúige Uladh (pronounced "KOO-gi OO-lah"), meaning "Province (literally 'fifth') of the Ulaid," named for the ancient inhabitants of the region.[1] The Irish Uladh with the addition of the Old Norse ster, meaning "province," yields "Uladh Ster" or, in English, "Ulster." The province's early history extends further back than written records and is known only by legends such as the ...

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Ulster, Ulster - Geography and demographics, Ulster - History and politics, Ulster - Early history, Ulster - Plantations and civil wars, Ulster - Republicanism rebellion and communal strife, Ulster - Industrialisation home rule and partition, Ulster - Current politics, Ulster - Sport

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Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city is Belfast (Béal Feirste). Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Londonderry (Doire) and Tyrone (Tír Eoghain), form Northern Ireland, and remained in the United Kingdom after the rest of Ireland seceded. Some unionists refer to Northern Ireland as "Ulster", but that usage is contr ...

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Ulster, Ulster - Geography and demographics, Ulster - History and politics, Ulster - Early history, Ulster - Plantations and civil wars, Ulster - Republicanism rebellion and communal strife, Ulster - Industrialisation home rule and partition, Ulster - Current politics, Ulster - Sport

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In Rugby union, the Ulster branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union plays as a professional club in the Celtic League, along with clubs from Wales, Scotland and the professional clubs from the other Irish Provinces (Leinster, Munster and Connacht). Association football (soccer) is divided by the border since 1921: there is a Northern Ireland (international) team, but not an Ulster team; there are separate football championships (Irish League in Northern Ireland, League of Ireland in the rest of Ulster). Anomalously, Derry City F.C. has played in t ...

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Ulster, Ulster - Geography and demographics, Ulster - History and politics, Ulster - Early history, Ulster - Plantations and civil wars, Ulster - Republicanism rebellion and communal strife, Ulster - Industrialisation home rule and partition, Ulster - Current politics, Ulster - Sport

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