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Ireland counties quiz

Ireland’s 26 counties: how fast can you place them?

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Ireland counties quiz: 26 counties and the 11 county towns with other names

A fifth-class teacher in Athlone runs the quiz on the whiteboard during counties week. “Find the place” asks all 26 counties of the Republic in random order; “Find it from its capital” asks the 11 whose county town has another name, such as Tralee for Kerry; “Choose the capital” asks all 26, Cork and Galway too, with four towns to pick from.

  1. Naas (Kildare) and Navan (Meath) are neighbours and start alike: in “Choose the capital” each can be the other’s fourth answer.
  2. Lifford, not Letterkenny, is Donegal’s county town in the quiz; Clonmel is Tipperary’s and Carrick-on-Shannon Leitrim’s.
  3. Louth and Longford are the smallest counties on screen, about 70 pixels across in an 800-pixel-wide quiz: no circle needed, but Zoom in helps on a phone.
County County town in the quiz Same first letter in “Choose the capital”
Clare Ennisnone: the fourth is any other
Donegal LiffordLongford, Limerick
Kerry TraleeTullamore
Kildare NaasNavan
Leitrim Carrick-on-ShannonCavan, Cork, Carlow, Castlebar, Clonmel
Louth DundalkDublin
Mayo CastlebarCavan, Cork, Carlow, Carrick-on-Shannon, Clonmel
Meath NavanNaas
Offaly TullamoreTralee
Tipperary ClonmelCavan, Cork, Carlow, Carrick-on-Shannon, Castlebar
Westmeath MullingarMonaghan

The class ends on “Done! 23/26 in 2:58”, say, with the counties missed listed; “Practise the ones I missed” asks only those. The six counties of Northern Ireland are not on this map: they are in the United Kingdom quiz.

How it works

  1. Choose a quiz: find the counties by name, find each from its capital, or choose the capital among four.
  2. Click or tap each place as its name appears; zoom in for the small ones.
  3. At the end, see your time and score, then practise only the ones you missed.

Frequently asked questions

Are the six counties of Northern Ireland included?
No — this is the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland is on the UK map quiz.
Which county towns are asked?
In “Find it from its capital”, the 11 not named like their county, such as Ennis for Clare, Tralee for Kerry and Lifford for Donegal. The other 15 would give the answer away — 14 share the county’s name, such as Dublin, Cork and Galway, and Portlaoise contains Laois — so they come up only in “Choose the capital”, which asks all 26.
How does it work?
A name appears above the map: click or tap that place. Right answers turn green; after three misses the answer is shown. Skipped places come back at the end, and the ones you missed can be practised again.
Can I print a map of the Irish counties?
The quiz is on screen only. For paper, the printable blank map of Ireland outlines the 26 counties of the Republic, blank or with the county names, with the county towns as dots.
Do I need an account?
No. The quiz runs in your browser with nothing to install or sign up for, and your scores are not stored anywhere.

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