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[[Image:Rock of Cashel.jpg|thumb]] Ireland has been known by many names throughout time. The first name given to the land was Island of Woods, a name given by a warrior of the people of "Nin, son of Bel.” Other names were Eire, Isle of Mists, and Irlanda. It is said that the Greeks called the land Ogygia, which is to say the most ancient land.  

Ireland is located in far Western Europe, in the North Atlantic Ocean, and separated from Great Britain by Saint George's Channel on th esouth-east, the Irish Sea on the east, and the North Channel on the north-east. Politically, the island is divided into Northern Ireland, a consituent part of Great Britain, and the Republic of Ireland, formerly Eire. The island is divided into four historical provinces - Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster - and administrative units called counties. The Republic of Irleand consists of Connaught, Leinster, Munster provinces, totaling 23 counties, and 3 counties in Ulster province. North Ireland consists of 6 counties in Ulster province.