![The 72-inch reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Leinster, Ire., was the largest in &elipsis; [Credit: Geray Sweeney/Tourism Ireland]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/103021.gif)
The 72-inch reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Leinster, Ire., was the largest in &elipsis; [Credit: Geray Sweeney/Tourism Ireland]![Neolithic burial mound, Newgrange, County Meath, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Brian Morrison/Tourism Ireland]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/103019.gif)
Neolithic burial mound, Newgrange, County Meath, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Brian Morrison/Tourism Ireland]![Kayakers paddle along the River Nore near Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Jonathan Hession/Tourism Ireland]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/103232.gif)
Kayakers paddle along the River Nore near Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Jonathan Hession/Tourism Ireland]![Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Nutan/Tourism Ireland]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/102953.gif)
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Nutan/Tourism Ireland]![Carlingford, County Louth, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Alan O'Connor/Tourism Ireland]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/103033.gif)
Carlingford, County Louth, Leinster, Ire.
[Credit: Alan O'Connor/Tourism Ireland]
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Malahide Castle, Malahide, County Dublin, Leinster, Ire. [Credit: Tourism Ireland]The southeastern province of
Ireland, comprising the counties of
Carlow,
Dublin, Kildare,
Kilkenny,
Offaly,
Longford, Louth,
Meath, Laoighis, Westmeath,
Wexford, and
Wicklow. In its present form it incorporates the ancient kingdom of Meath (Midhe) as well as that of Leinster, which was bounded by the peninsula of Howth and the River Liffey on the north and by the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the west. In the early Middle Ages, kings of Leinster fought constantly against the Uí Néill, the line of high kings whose capital was at
Tara in Meath. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, Leinster was virtually independent, under the earls of Kildare. Area 7,645 square miles (19,801 square km). Pop. (2002) 2,105,579; (2006) 2,295,123.
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