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Munster (Irish: An Mhumhain, IPA: [ənˈvuːnʲ]) is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. It comprises the counties of;
The largest city in Munster is Cork.
In 1841 before the Great Famine, there were just under 3 million people living in the province of Munster, but the population had dropped devastatingly low due to mass emigration in the 1840's and continued emigration up until the 1980's. For 30 days during the Irish Civil War, the province of Munster broke away from the Irish Free State and established the Munster Republic in opposition to the acceptance of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The Munster Republic was short lived and subsequently crushed by heavily-armed Irish Free State forces. Munster is also an Irish Rugby Football Union representative side which competes in the Celtic League and for the Heineken Cup, winning in 2006.
Cities
Other important cities are Limerick 86,998 (2002) which also has over 100,000 people in the greater Limerick area and Waterford 46,736 (2002). Large Towns
(* towns in Metropolitan Cork area)
EconomyThe province of Munster contributes 40 billion euro(US$52.57bn) to Irish GDP(25% of total Irish GDP).(2004) (greater than the GDP of Northern Ireland) (See "GDP stats" below) The following are some of the more important employers in the region: AOL, Bausch & Lomb, Dell, Amazon, Motorola, Amgen, Pfizer, Analog Devices, Vistakon, Waterford Crystal, Apple Computer, Intel, Novartis, O2, Lufthansa Technik, Kerry Group, Siemens, Sony. The largest employment hub in Munster is Metropolitan Cork, with many large multinational firms located in the area. The second most important is the Shannon Free Zone with over 120 international firms based there employing over 7,500 people. The province is continuing to play an ever greater role in the bio-pharmaceutical industry and fighting off stiff competition from Switzerland and Singapore for inward investments in the bio-pharmaceutical area such as Amgen and Pfizer. Munster is becoming increasingly important as one of Ireland's most important I.T. hubs outside of Dublin with such multinationals as Apple Computer, Intel, Amazon and Dell locating their operations in the province. International AirportsIrish LanguageThe Irish language is spoken as a first language in Gaeltachtaí (Irish speaking areas);
Within the past thirty years, there has been a big increase in the amount of Gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools) outside of the Gaeltachtaí. Children learn Irish, and leave Irish, in the Gaelscoileanna. Despite being in vogue for over 30 years, these schools have failed to halt the decline of Gaelic. Munster MediaTelevision
Newspapers
The Limerick Leader (covers the Mid West) Clare
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
The Vale Star (South & East Limerick) The Weekly Observer (West Limerick) Tipperary
Waterford
Radio
Munster Stadia
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