Munster
Munster
An Mhumhain (Irish) | |
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| Coordinates: 52°15′N 9°00′W / 52.250°N 9.000°W | |
| State | Ireland |
| Counties | Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford |
| Government | |
| • Teachtaí Dála | 15 Fianna Fáil TDs 9 Fine Gael TDs 8 Sinn Féin TDs 5 Independent TDs 3 Independent Ireland TDs 3 Labour Party TDs 3 Social Democrat TDs |
| • MEPs[a] | 1 Fine Gael MEP 2 Fianna Fáil MEP 1 Sinn Féin MEP 1 Independent MEP |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,684 km2 (9,531 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,373,346 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 55.637/km2 (144.10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing keys | Beginning with E, H, P, T, V, X (primarily) |
| Telephone area codes | 02x, 05x, 06x (primarily) |
| ISO 3166 code | IE-M |
| Patron Saint: Ailbe of Emly a. ^ Munster is part of the South constituency; the six Munster counties contain 67.7% of the population of this constituency. | |
Munster (Irish: an Mhumhain [ə ˈwuːnʲ] or Cúige Mumhan [ˌkuːɟə ˈmˠuːnˠ]) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (Irish: rí ruirech). Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has seen further sub-division of the historic counties.
Munster has no official function for local government purposes. For the purposes of the ISO, the province is listed as one of the provincial sub-divisions of the State (ISO 3166-2:IE) and coded as "IE-M". Munster covers an area of 24,675 km2 (9,527 sq mi). Its population was 1,373,346 in 2022, with Cork being the largest city. Other significant urban centres in the province include Limerick and Waterford.