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It is the second-largest (after Munster) and second-most populous (after Leinster) of Ireland's four traditional provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants, making up almost half of its population.
Jul 25, 2024 · Ulster, one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulster.
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Ulster is one of the four historical provinces which make up the island of Ireland. The others are Leinster, Munster and Connacht. There are nine counties in Ulster. Three of them are in the Republic of Ireland : County Cavan.
The Ulster Cycle (Irish: an Rúraíocht), [1] formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It is set far in the past, in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Down and Louth. [2]
Ulster forms one of the historical provinces of Ireland, the province consists of nine of the traditional counties of Ireland. The six Ulster counties of Antrim , Armagh , Down , Fermanagh , Londonderry , and Tyrone , are known together as Northern Ireland , and are part of the United Kingdom .
May 21, 2018 · Ulster. The northern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh, Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry.
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The Ulster Cycle. The origins of the Ulster Cycle of tales are unclear, but in the 4th century when the kingdom of Ulster collapsed the remnants of it are found in the Dal Riata of Antrim, the Dal Fiatach of Down and the kingdom of Oriel in South Ulster.
