List of Irish county nicknames
- List of Irish county nicknames
This is a list of nicknames for the the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants. The nicknames are mainly used with reference to the county's representative team in gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). A few of the names are quite old and well-known; most are recent coinages mainly used by journalists.[] ]Many counties have multiple nicknames: for example, Mayo is often called "the Heather county", "the Maritime county" or "Mayo, God help us!" while some counties have separate nicknames for the county and people: for example the county Wexford is often called the Model county,
GAA counties
While not part of the the traditional counties of Ireland oversea's GAA boards are included in this list due to the close ties a lot of county nickname have with gaelic games
References
ee also
*GAA county
*GAA county colours
*List of nicknames for sports clubs and stadiums
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