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of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan only, which are given country sub-division code "IE-U". The name is also used by various organisations such as cultural and sporting bodies.

Terminology

Ulster's name ultimately derives from the [[Ulaid]]h, a group of tribes that once dwelt in this part of Ireland. The Norsemen knew the province as Ulaztir, the or land (a word borrowed from Irish) of the Ulaidh; this was then taken into English as Ullister or Ulvester, and later contracted to Ulster. Another, less probable

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