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adopted; and following the "Cybele Hibernica" as closely as possible, 

 we must at least adopt tbirty-six Vice- counties. In the majority 

 of cases these Yice-counties are the ordinary comital divisions, it being 

 necessary in comparatively few cases to divide the county into two 

 parts, although it is possible that in a few cases further subdivision 

 might be made. In naming the Provinces the names of the four 

 great Provinces of Ireland have been used ; and it is only in the 

 cases of Provinces YI. and YIL that this has been deprated from, 

 and the terms West and East Shannon have been adopted, although 

 the former does not all lie West of the Shannon. 



The following is a tabular view of the proposed Provinces and 

 Yice-counties : — 



PEOVINCES AND VICE -COUNTIES. 



Provinces. 

 I. — West Munster, 



11. — East Munster, 



III. — West Leinster, 



IV. — East Leinster, 

 V. — North Leinster, 



VI.-— West Shannon, 

 VII.— East Shannon, 



Vice-counties. 



1 Kerry. 



2 South Cork. 



3 North Cork. 



4 Waterford. 



5 South Tipperary. 



6 Kilkenny. 



7 Caiiow, 



8 Queen's County. 



9 Wexford. 



10 Wicklow. 



11 KildarCi 



12 Dublin. 



13 Meath. 



14 Louth. 



15 Limerick. 



16 Clare. 



17 East Galway. 



18 North Tipperary. 



19 King's County. 



20 Westmeath. 



21 Longford. 



