Leinster

Also known as Leinster Province, Leinster Prov., Leinster P., Province of Leinster, Prov. of Leinster, P. of Leinster

Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the east of Ireland.

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Leinster is one of Ireland's four provinces, located in the eastern part of the country. It is a major administrative and geographical division of Ireland that encompasses several counties in the east.

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Settlement.footnotes: Patron Saint: Brigid a. Leinster contains the entirety of the Dublin constituency and parts of the South and Midlands–North-West constituencies; Leinster contains 44.4% of the population of the Midlands–North-West constituency and 32.3% of the population of the South constituency.
Settlement.official_name: Leinster
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Leinster.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Leinster.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 170px
Settlement.image_map: Leinster locator map.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 192px
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Counties
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19,801
Settlement.area_total_sq_mi: 7,645
Settlement.area_rank: 3rd
Settlement.population_total: 2,870,354
Settlement.population_rank: 1st
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.timezone: WET

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Population: 2630720
Area: 19800

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Commons category: Leinster
native label: Cúige Laighean
P12749: Category:Senate of Poland

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History
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Kingdom of Ireland period
Geography and subdivisions
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Large settlements
Culture
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Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the east of Ireland.

The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic "fifths" of Leinster and Meath gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has prompted further sub-division of the historic counties.