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28th October 08, 08:54 AM
#25
 Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
All of the county arms in the whole of Ireland were granted by the Office of Arms at Dublin Castle. In 1943 Both governments agreed that the transfer of the Office of Arms would formally take place on 1 April of that year. Furthermore, the office (now under the administration of the Irish Government) would "continue to discharge, under the Irish administration, the functions to which it hitherto carried out in relation to the grant of arms, tracing of genealogies, etc."
That is interesting, I never knew that.
 Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
....Ulster Province of the United Kingdom. While the administrative jargon of local government has changed in the Ulster Province, the counties have, indeed continued in their existence.
There is no such thing as an "Ulster Province of the United Kingdom". The province of Ulster refers to 9 counties, only 6 of which are in Northern Ireland and the administrative changes only apply to these 6. To extend the history for those who are not aware, there are 4 provinces of Ireland (Cuigiu in Irish, which means fifths, refering to the fact that Meath and Westmeath used to be a 5th province, imaginatively called Meath), Ulster, Munster, Connacht and Leinster. This is the 4 province flag, one of my favourite flags. Part of Ulster (approx two thirds) became Northern Ireland.
 Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
I have no idea why they are termed counties, unless it had something to do with utilizing existing legislation regarding government funding of counties, as opposed to having to create new legislation to fund "cantons", or some other such term.
Because the government said so, and after all, they decide on these things. "County Dublin" continues in a sporting context, and I think it will be a long time before it enters public consciousness that there is no County Dublin any more...
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