Historic Counties of Britain & Ireland on a Map

How many of the 117 historic (aka ancient or geographic) counties of Britain and Ireland can you name?
Based on this map.
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England
Bedfordshire
Lincolnshire
Berkshire
Middlesex
Buckinghamshire
Norfolk
Cambridgeshire
Northamptonshire
Cheshire
Northumberland
Cornwall
Nottinghamshire
Cumberland
Oxfordshire
Derbyshire
Rutland
Devon
Shropshire
Dorset
Somerset
Durham
Staffordshire
Essex
Suffolk
Gloucestershire
Surrey
Hampshire
Sussex
Herefordshire
Warwickshire
Hertfordshire
Westmorland
Huntingdonshire
Wiltshire
Kent
Worcestershire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Leicestershire
 
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Lanarkshire
Angus
Midlothian
Argyllshire
Morayshire
Ayrshire
Nairnshire
Banffshire
Orkney
Berwickshire
Peeblesshire
Buteshire
Perthshire
Caithness
Renfrewshire
Clackmannanshire
Ross and Cromarty
Dumfriesshire
Roxburghshire
Dunbartonshire
Selkirkshire
East Lothian
Shetland
Fife
Stirlingshire
Inverness-shire
Sutherland
Kincardineshire
West Lothian
Kinross-shire
Wigtownshire
Kirkcudbrightshire
 
Wales
Anglesey
Brecknockshire
Caernarfonshire
Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Glamorgan
Merionethshire
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
 
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Armagh
Derry
Down
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Ireland
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Dublin
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
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2 Comments
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Level 81
Jun 8, 2025
Needs more time in my opinion. Otherwise, great quiz and map. Nommed! (well I would have done if it was possible)
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Level 88
Jun 8, 2025
Thanks! I’ve added an extra five minutes.