Munster (Ireland)

See also: Munster

Located at the south-west of the island, the Munster (in Irish Year Mhumhain ) (in Latin Momonia ), is one of the four provinces of Ireland. It includes/understands six counties:

Munster is largest of the provinces of Ireland, and that which is placed more at the south. Its larger city is Cork.

History

The name of Munster drift of Gaelic Muman (goddess). The province of the Munster was formerly divided into six areas: Tuadh Mhuman (northern Munster), Of Mhuman (southern Munster), Aur/Ur Mumhan (is Munster), Iar mumhan (western Munster), Ernaibh Muman (the portion of Munster of the tribe of Ernai), and Deisi Muman (the portion of Munster of the tribe of Deisi). They ended all up being included in the kingdoms of Thomond (northern), Desmond (southern), and Ormond (is). These last kingdoms themselves were absorbed by Renonciation and restitution in the Pairage of Ireland as Comté S. These names do not exist any more but indirectly today, in particular for the Comté of Thomond. The three crowns of its flag represent these three kingdoms.

See:

See also: List of the kings de Munster

During the Irish Civil war, the province of Munster separated during 30 days from the free State from Ireland, to form the République of Munster in opposition with the acceptance of the Anglo-Irish Traité. The Republic of Munster had a short life, and was crushed by the forces heavily armed with the free State.

Demography

In 1841, before the Great Famine, there was a little bit less than 3 million people living in Munster. The population fell then in way devastator, because of this famine and of the massive exodus which extended from years 1840 at the years 1980. Currently Munster counts a little more than one million inhabitants.

Big cities (quoted)

Cork is largest Conurbation of the province, and the larger second Cité of the country, with a population of: 119143 inhabitants in the city even, of: 190384 in conurbation (the city and its close relations Suburbs S), and finally of approximately: 380000 in “Large Cork”, which includes all the surrounding Agglomération S urban

Other important cities are Limerick with: 52539 inhabitants in the city, and: 90757 in conurbation, and Waterford and its: 45748 inhabitants.

Other cities

By decreasing order of the population (Census of 2002)

(* cities belonging to “Large Cork”)

Economy

The province of Muster contributes for 40 billion Euro S to GDP of Ireland (25% of the Irish GDP), higher than that of the Northern Ireland. Munster is the cradle many highly producing companies of the private sector.

Here some of the most important employers of the area: AOL, Bausch & Lomb, Dairygold, Dell, Amazon, Motorola, Amgen, Pfizer, Analog Devices, Fexco Financial Services, Vistakon, Waterford Hook, Apple Computer, Intel, Novartis, O2, Lufthansa Technik, Kerry Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Siemens, Sony. The largest seedbeds of employment are, initially, the agglomeration of Cork, which counts many great multinationals established there, and, in second position, the Free zone of Shannon with more than 120 international companies employing more than 7500 people.

(See: List of Irish companies)

Agro-alimentary sector

Continuing a long tradition, food industry represents a major activity of the province, which is the principal dairy area and the independent source of Irish exports of Beurre and Lait. Munster has a favorable climate with this activity, a long expertise in the treatment of the dairy products, which goes back to the 17th century, and long and profitable implication in the co-operative movement. In the middle of the years 1980, the dairy sector was the vastest sector of the Irish economy, it regularly produced 18 to 23% of the national GDP, constituting a source of currencies foreign welcomes, at one time when the commercial Balance was overdrawn. There is also in Munster a sector of semi-artisanal food specialities, more important than in the other areas of Ireland. The products of this sector are available on the rural markets, whose Munster has the strongest concentration.

Cork shelters the two larger organizations of retail sale, had by Irishmen, Dunnes Blinds and the group Musgrave. Lastly, Cork is the seat of two of the three marks of Stout Irish, the Murphy' S Irish stout and the Beamish, as well as mark of whiskey Irish, Paddy.

Heavy industry

The wearing of Cork was the center of Irish heavy industry. In the middle of the 20th century, it was there a Aciérie, a Shipyard, a factory of assembly of cars, a factory of pneumatic, a deep water port, and a sector flourishing Textile. People of Cork are proud to announce that it was well better than any other Irish city, including Belfast, which did not have auto industry. Unfortunately, of heavy taxes, an excessive regulation, the competition of greater economic centers, and the brutal removal of the tariff barriers during adhesion to the European Economic community caused a decline in the years 1970. Industries iron and steel and automobile périclitèrent until their removal in the years 1980. New sectors tried to be established, whereas the Unemployment rate reached tops.

Crystal manufactures

Waterford was the seat of the Cristallerie top-of-the-range, “Waterford Crystal”, which, at the time, was used the highest wages as Ireland. But a recession in the years 1980 brought Licenciement S, which, paradoxically, increased the competition, bus of the fired workmen assembled their own workshops. Since this time, the crystal manufacture of Waterford fights to regain its last glory.

Oil products

Only the Refinery of Oil and storage of oil products of all Ireland is with Whiddy Island at the bottom of bay of Bantry.

Banking environment and services

Munster was the cradle of the bank “The Munster and Leinster Bank”, which is related with the Allied Irish Banks, largest and the richest bank of Ireland.

Fexco Financial Services with Killorgan, in the County of Kerry, is one of the many organizations to be itself established in south-west, benefitting from a long tradition of fine financial management. Munster is also one of the most important centers for the TIC, thanks to the establishment of companies such as Apple, Intel, Amazon and Dell.

Tourism

The Airport of Shannon, a rich person musical tradition, an excellent food and landscapes of international repute have all contributed to the development of the tourist sector of Munster. In 1998, nearly a million tourists visited the county of Cork

The international airports of the province are:

Drug company

Munster became the center of the Irish drug company. The province plays a part increasingly larger in biopharmaceutic industry, and resists successfully the severe competition with the Suisse and Singapore to attract the Investissement S coming from companies such as Amgen and Pfizer.

Irish language

The Irish is spoken as a language first in the Gaeltacht, areas where Gaelic is the major language, that is to say:
  • in the west of the County of Kerry ( Corca Dhuibhne )
  • in the south of the county of Kerry ( Uíbh Ráthach ), where the practice of the language is extinct in the years 1950
  • in the west of the Comté of Cork ( Múscraí )
  • in the south-west of the county of Cork ( Oileán Cléire )
  • in the south-west of the Comté of Waterford ( Gaeltacht Na Rinne or Gaeltacht Na nDeise )

The number of Gaelscoileanna (schools where teaching is made in Irish) clearly increased during this last decade. The pupils there learn and speak the Irish.

Sports

Rugby

The Munster Rugby is one of the four branches of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The provincial team of Munster takes part in the Celtic League and the cut of Europe of Rugby, which it gained in 2006. She was founded in 1879.

Stages of Munster

By order of capacity

Media of Munster

Television

  • RTÉ Cork - Studios of emission based with Cork for RTÉ
  • South Coast TV - Company of television based with Cork

Newspapers

  • The Irish To examine - national Newspaper based with Cork.
  • The Avondhu - covers the North-East of Cork, the west of Waterford, the south of Limerick and the south of Tipperary.
  • The Munster Express train - covers south-east.
  • Nationalist & Munster Advertiser
  • The Limerick Leader - covers the western center.

Clare

  • Clare Champion
  • Clare People
  • Clare Courier

Cork

  • The Imokilly People (Cork-is)
  • The Carrigdhoun
  • The Corkman
  • The Mallow Star
  • The Southern Star
  • The Vale Star
  • The Avondhu ''
  • Evening Echo

Kerry

  • The Kerryman
  • The Kingdom
  • The Kerryseye

Limerick

  • Limerick Leader
  • Limerick Post
  • Limerick Independent
  • The Vale Star (southern and is of Limerick)
  • The Weekly Observer (western of Limerick)

Tipperary

  • The Guardian , Nenagh
  • The Tipperary Star
  • The Nationalist , Clonmel

Waterford

  • The Waterford News and Star
  • The Munster Express train , Dungarvan

Radios

  • Red FM - Cork, service bound for the young people.
  • Clare FM - County of Clare
  • Tipp FM - County of Tipperary
  • Radio operator Kerry - County of Kerry
  • WLR FM - County and city of Waterford
  • 96FM and 103FM County Sound (frankness doubles) - general Service for the town of Cork
  • Live 95FM - Limerick city and county
  • West Limerick 102 - Limerick city and county
  • Spin SW
  • Beat 102-103 - Service bound for the young people. Counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and southern Tipperary.
  • RTÉ Ráidió Na Gaeltachta " Camchuairt" - Tralee, County of Kerry

External bonds

  • Central Statistics Office Ireland
  • Cork County Council population carryforward
  • Census 2006 Preliminary Carryforward
  • * Munster Stadia
  • Munster cycling clubs (Lakeland Cycles Club)
  • The Kerryman newspaper

See too

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