Queen's County

Queen's County

Queen's County (spr. kwīns kauntĭ, »Grafschaft der Königin«, so genannt zu Ehren der Gemahlin Philipps II. von Spanien), Grafschaft in der irischen Provinz Leinster, grenzt im N. und NW. an King's County, im W. an Tipperary, im S. an Kilkenny, im SO. an Carlow und im O. an Kildare und hat einen Flächenraum von 1719 qkm (31,2 QM.) mit (1901) 57,226 Einw. (33 auf 1 qkm), darunter 88,2 Proz. Katholiken. Hauptstadt ist Maryborough.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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