twenty-six counties

British  

plural noun

1. the counties of the Republic of Ireland

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twenty-six counties

For there are called after him one territory, twenty-six counties, and one hundred and thirty-eight towns and villages.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 by Various

County matches are also now regularly played in England, twenty-six counties competing in 1907.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Turner had already exhibited works which ranged over twenty-six counties of England and Wales.

From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by S. R. Koehler

Within the next four years he completed the circuit of twenty-six counties in England and Wales, and he also exhibited twenty-three highly finished drawings of cathedrals and churches.

From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

The three Ridings of Yorkshire were to have two members each, and twenty-six counties already represented, and in each of which there were more than 150,000 inhabitants, were each to have two additional members.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy

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