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Quiz: Can you name this county without its borders?

This is trickier than you think.
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WE ALL REMEMBER learning where the various counties are, but how good will you be with the county borders removed?

What county is number 1?
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Galway
Offaly

Roscommon
Westmeath
And number 2?
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Kerry
Cork

Limerick
Waterford
To the opposite end of the country for 3?
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Louth
Down

Antrim
Fermanagh
And number 4?
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Kilkenny
Wicklow

Waterford
Wexford
Number 5 might be near a few borders, but where is it pointed at?
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Clare
Galway

Limerick
Westmeath
And number 6?
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Laois
Offaly

Carlow
Tipperary
Commuter belt stuff at 7, but where exactly?
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Dublin
Meath

Louth
Kildare
We're around the Shannon Estuary now, but where exactly is 8?
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Clare
Kerry

Limerick
Tipperary
Heart of the Midlands for 9, but whereabouts?
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Laois
Offaly

Westmeath
Carlow
Up northwest for 10, but where exactly?
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Sligo
Donegal

Leitrim
Fermanagh
A couple to go, where is 11?
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Cavan
Monaghan

Longford
Roscommon
And finally, number 12?
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Kerry
Cork

Tipperary
Waterford
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    Feb 1st 2021, 6:36 PM

    The trial of the Chicago 7 on netflix is brilliant.

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    Feb 1st 2021, 7:01 PM

    @Brian Dunne: hi hó hi hó it’s off to Netflix I go… I’m coming bac to review your review

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    Feb 1st 2021, 7:11 PM

    The Imitation Game is a brill movie!! If you haven’t already it’s def worth a watch!

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    Feb 1st 2021, 8:42 PM

    The Imitation Game is really good.

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    Feb 1st 2021, 11:44 PM

    Not a movie but ‘it’s a sin’ on All4 is bloody brilliant. One of the best things I’ve seen on tv in a long time and excellent 80s soundtrack as a bonus.

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    Feb 1st 2021, 7:52 PM

    The last paradiso seems like it’s referencing or paying homage to another Italian movie, but I can’t think of it now.

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    Feb 1st 2021, 8:38 PM

    @Eugene Norman: can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. Cinema Paradiso.

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    Maria Cennerazzo
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    Feb 1st 2021, 8:52 PM

    @Eugene Norman: Cinema Paradiso I think, but the story is totally different.

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    Feb 2nd 2021, 6:40 AM

    Now you’re just trolling

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