Coonty Dublin
Coonty Dublin (Erse: Contae Átha Cliath) is ane o the twenty-sax coonties o the Republic o Ireland an ane o the thirty-twa counties o the island o Ireland. The coonty contains the ceety o Dublin, the caipital o Ireland an is located on the east coast o Ireland in the province o Leinster.
Coonty Dublin wis ane o the first o the counties o Ireland to be formally structured, in the late twelft century bi Keeng John o Ingland. The population o the coonty is 1,187,176 according to the 2006 census, making it the maist populous coonty in the kintra.
In 1994, Coonty Dublin wis dissolved an the area divided into the modern admeenistrative coonties o Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal an South Dublin. Today, these areas collectively make up the Dublin Region (Réigiúin Átha Cliath) an come under the remit o the Dublin Regional Authority. While administration o the coonty haes been split an the kintra dissolved frae a political-admeenistrative perspective, the coonty persists as an entity in other categories such as geography studies, postal an census services, Gaelic Athletic Association teams, an as an entity with which fowk continue to identify.
