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Counties of the UK and Ireland

There are 134 different counties in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Can you guess them all with the help of a map?
Not including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
For Scotland, these are "councils" not counties
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: July 12, 2019
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First submittedMarch 20, 2019
Times taken85,366
Average score43.3%
Rating4.94
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England
Bedfordshire
Lancashire
Berkshire
Leicestershire
Buckinghamshire
Lincolnshire
Cambridgeshire
Merseyside
Cheshire
Norfolk
City of Bristol
North Yorkshire
City of London
Northamptonshire
Cornwall
Northumberland
Cumbria
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Oxfordshire
Devon
Rutland
Dorset
Shropshire
Durham
Somerset
East Riding of Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
East Sussex
Staffordshire
Essex
Suffolk
Gloucestershire
Surrey
Greater London
Tyne and Wear
Greater Manchester
Warwickshire
Hampshire
West Midlands
Herefordshire
West Sussex
Hertfordshire
West Yorkshire
Isle of Wight
Wiltshire
Kent
Worcestershire
Wales
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Scotland
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
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
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Armagh
Derry / Londonderry
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Fermanagh
Tyrone
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71 Comments
wcmagus
+4
Level 39
Mar 23, 2019
Thanks so much for this one. I ran out of time and obviously need to learn the geography of wales, but enjoyed it immensely
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jun 4, 2019
Increased the time to 15 minutes
kogatora
+3
Level 93
Jun 4, 2019
What's the longest you can make it?
Stewart
+7
Level 68
Jun 5, 2019
1 hour is the maximum
wcmagus
+5
Level 39
Mar 24, 2019
Also you might want to make a note that with scotland you're using the councils rather than the counties. granted politically councils serve the administrative positions of counties while the traditional scottish counties are more more for military concerns.
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Oct 1, 2019
Some of the English ones aren't counties either, or the council area does not match the county area - Lancashire and Cheshire being good examples. The word 'County' is being phased out of local authorities as it has caused no end of confusion since the 1970s.
sihollett
+1
Level 87
Oct 30, 2022
This quiz uses principal areas in Wales, council areas in Scotland, ceremonial counties in England, traditional counties in Northern Ireland and counties (traditional, as opposed to administrative) in Ireland

By my count there's three different concepts at play on this map. Picking one concept and sticking with it (admin, ceremonial, traditional) would make for a superior quiz.

Stewart
+1
Level 68
Oct 30, 2022
It uses whichever the JetPunk quiz for each denomination uses.
scambigol
+2
Level 77
Jun 4, 2019
Great!
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 89
Jun 4, 2019
Fun and challenging!
KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 77
Jun 4, 2019
Fine!
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Jun 5, 2019
I did pretty well on England (except Berkshire, which I swear I always forget), but I definitely need to brush up on the others. A fine quiz, though: I was hoping that the various county quizzes would be combined eventually.
Yanni47
+1
Level 77
Aug 12, 2019
Sounds like me.
Xenobiologista
+2
Level 59
Dec 4, 2020
Wales and Southern Scotland are what's giving me trouble...
Foglet1
+1
Level 58
Nov 13, 2023
A simple way to remember Berkshire: It's the obvious greatest county because I live there. It's also the only 'Royal' County and the only country to be named after a forest.
plattitude
+1
Level 92
Jun 5, 2019
Is there a reason the Irish counties aren't sorted alphabetically in the list?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 5, 2019
No, fixed
Stewart
+3
Level 68
Jun 5, 2019
It looks as if I was half way through ordering the Irish counties and then just stopped to do something else and forgot to finish it before releasing the quiz back in March. Oh well. QM fixed it now - thanks!
CRey
+1
Level 81
Jun 5, 2019
Ireland ruined me.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Jun 5, 2019
I remembered mayo and kerry and kilkenny haha, they stood out to me when I was on holiday in ireland. (though english doesnt have kerry I think you call it currypowder, so it is less funny)
Stef2
+4
Level 61
Aug 17, 2019
You're from Flanders/ the Netherlands, right?
Sifhraven
+3
Level 71
Jun 5, 2019
Lothian sounds like it is from lord of the rings, galloway from dr who and vale of glamorgan could be king arthur :)
MDawg396
+1
Level 56
May 7, 2022
My friends last name is Galloway
Ant1927
+1
Level 70
Jun 10, 2019
Great quiz, thank you
Bubblecat
+1
Level 72
Jul 5, 2019
Enjoyed this quiz a lot :) Got all of England and Wales but need to work on my geography in the rest of Britain and Ireland (managed a few extra Scottish ones thanks to Gloryhammer though).
Jehovia
+1
Level 57
Aug 11, 2019
Out of sheer despair tried Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
geoguesser123
+2
Level 28
Aug 11, 2019
for me this quiz was too short needed an extra 5 mins for the last 30 :)
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Aug 11, 2019
Added another 3 minutes!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Aug 11, 2019
I got 24. Only good for 1 point.
loganite
+18
Level 89
Aug 11, 2019
I find you have to spell the Counties of Wales very Caerphilly.
clivey
+1
Level 68
Aug 12, 2019
Missed 1 - East Lothian... What did I type in to get Na h-Eileanan Siar? I definitely didn't type that out so what's it also known as?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Aug 12, 2019
Hebrides and Western Isles is accepted for Na h-Eileanan, so perhaps one of those?
clivey
+1
Level 68
Aug 13, 2019
Ah yes, Hebrides I tried, cheers Stewart. Enjoyed that quiz!
beccafinner
+5
Level 22
Aug 12, 2019
The Republic of Ireland is not a part of the British Isles. The term “British Isles” is insulting to the people of the Republic of Ireland. This is an old and outdated term used for the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Out of respect for the Republic of Ireland, I suggest you remove ROI or change the title.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 12, 2019
Stewart has already posted his reply and I agree with him.
beccafinner
+2
Level 22
Aug 13, 2019
There are alternative terms that are less insulting that can be used. The Irish do not use this term as it is insulting to many Irish, as this term was created when under British rule. It’s associated with the British Empire. It may be a geographical term, and not political, but Irish do not use it as it comes with a long history. There is a Wikipedia page about the dispute over this name, suggesting more neutral terms that are not offensive to the Irish people.

This is a good quiz, but please, I really would suggest using a different term. It’s not fair on the many Irish who are insulted by this term.

JackintheBox
+9
Level 79
Nov 9, 2019
@Purplr The fact is that the British Isles is still used as a collective term for Great Britain and Ireland (and surrounding British and Irish islands), just as the Irish Sea, South China Sea, Sea of Japan, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, are currently used terms to refer to geographical areas that do not necessarily lie wholly within a single country's territory. The phrase 'show some respect' has nothing to do with the fact that the British Isles is the correct term for this geographical region.
richiesyxx
+1
Level 72
May 11, 2023
No, it isn’t used as a collective term for two islands. There are over 3000 islands in the archipelago called the British Isles. Great Britain and Ireland are simply the largest two of these. They aren’t named after the British Empire, the name Britain is from ‘’Britannia’ which gradually shifted from ‘Pretannia’ which is a Romanisation of the CELTIC language names for the archipelago, since the Britons, Hiberni and Picts were the three main Celtic peoples the Romans and Greeks encountered when they first came to the islands, centuries before the actual colonisation into the Roman Empire and more than two millennia before the peak of the British Empire (1919). If the names ‘British’ ‘Britain’ offend you, you’ll need to take that up with the Celts that came up with it.
Stewart
+6
Level 68
Aug 15, 2019
To Taro, beccafinner and Purplr:

After reading into the situation more thoroughly, it seems the term can be perceived as derogatory by nationalists. I'd like to mention that I did confer with Irish friends of mine, all of whom said that the term is acceptable here.

Despite the fact the term is clearly used as exclusively geographic in this quiz, and not suggesting that Ireland is claimed by the UK in any way whatsoever, I have decided to include "Ireland" in the title of this quiz now, simply to appease both sides. The quiz will continue to use the accurate geographical term of "British Isles", but also include Ireland separately to stop this debacle.

It turns out when people post several long comments on your quiz complaining so vibrantly, most creators are bound to succumb to the stress of it at some point.

I hope this appeases your concerns, and I'm sorry if the term caused you distress, this was obviously not the intention of the quiz

Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Aug 15, 2019
Thoughts on whether we should allow the creator of a quiz to delete comments on their own quizzes? I am leaning towards yes. I would have deleted these comments myself (especially since these users haven't made other non-inflammatory comments on the site) except that you are an experienced quizmaker and can deal with it.
Stewart
+4
Level 68
Aug 15, 2019
Perhaps instead of being deleted, simply being hidden? Similar to how reddit handles it, where the commenter can see their comment and doesn't know the difference, but everybody else doesn't see the comment at all.

Another alternative would be to allow comments to be collapsed by the quizmaker, that way comments are there to be read, but are slim and collapsed by default as to not clog the comments up.

I don't think silencing people's opinion is necessarily a good thing, however comments here were beginning to be uncivilised and direct attacks. As you say, I and others can and have dealt with it many times before, but simply deleting them entirely I think would cause problems.

Personally I think collapsing them could be a good approach, similar to how other websites deal with downvoted comments.

Riskexe
+5
Level 49
Aug 31, 2019
Ireland is part of the British isles. British isles is a geographic non political term. "British Isles and Ireland" therefore does not make sense.
Stewart
+3
Level 68
Aug 31, 2019
Read all the comments above. I can't satisfy everybody with this.
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 75
Mar 23, 2021
What if you just said Counties of the United Kingdom and Ireland? That's 100% geographically accurate and shouldn't offend anyone
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Nov 9, 2019
Saying 'The British Isles and Ireland' would be like saying 'The Indian Ocean and the Maldives' or 'The Malay Peninsula and Southern Thailand' - it's redundant, whether one takes offence by it due to historical/(geo)political reasons or not.
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 71
Feb 2, 2020
You can't get around it, 'British' is a loaded term, since whatever else it may be used for it is used as the nationality of the UK. I find it hard to accept that anyone would feel insulted by the circumlocution adopted by this quiz. But, please let's not get upset in these ways. Any moment now some people will be saying it's unacceptable to call the continent of Europe Europe because 'Europe' is a political construct of the EU.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 8, 2020
Loaded term? What about the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Sea of Japan?
Gllombfek
+1
Level 53
Nov 7, 2021
Good point, but the Sea of Japan is a disputed name. (South Korea says it should be known as the East Sea.)
mansilla
+1
Level 48
Sep 6, 2019
Great quiz, and I'm staying out of the whole British Isles controversy...

Bit odd that in Scotland I can type n ayr for North Ayrshire, but in England I need north york for North Yorkshire.

CaoMaru
+3
Level 49
Jan 3, 2020
Actually it's the other way round. "York" gets you North Yorkshire (though not South, East, or West Yorkshire), while you need to type in North Ayr, South Ayr, and East Ayr separately.
Glitschko56
+2
Level 58
Sep 25, 2019
As far as the British Isles thing goes this is a good compromise, nice job Stewart :)
Otis
+1
Level 40
Jan 17, 2020
As others have commented, can you please fix the Scottish counties? Other than that, good quiz.
FadKrashmor
+2
Level 71
Apr 8, 2020
Thank you for making this. GRRRRR I am so annoyed, we have "social distancing" in this country at the moment, ok I nipped out to get some food, I encountered a dog walker who had trespassed on our land. i attempted to relate to her the experience I had had with an extremely nasty man who lives locally but brings his dog to our land so that it can have a crap. She informed me that we could not talk to each other because of yes social distancing my word. So that is Britain right now
Ani
+1
Level 45
May 1, 2020
under 10 mins can be done and in my 4th try I managed

Great quiz and good for learning!

Jared0309
+2
Level 76
Sep 4, 2020
I'm pronouncing Caerphilly and Offaly as "carefully" and "awfully" from now on, even if I'm wrong
JonOfKent
+1
Level 57
Nov 6, 2020
I am so ignorant! At least I got all of England...

I don't know if it's my imagination but do they keep changing things in Wales. I thought there was no Merionethshire because that was too old, but then I put in Dyfed and that also wasn't on. Can't keep up.

fitheach
+1
Level 58
Apr 16, 2021
Yeah, they have changed things over the last couple of decades or so. And there's been talk of changing them again (so Dyfed might come back).
timshorts
+1
Level 57
Sep 16, 2022
It is noticeable that only "Cardiff" and "Swansea" which were both parts of Glamorgan originally are the only two Welsh "counties" that scored a higher percentage than Staffordshire which is the lowest scoring English county.
ItReallyIs
+1
Level 45
Jun 30, 2022
The quiz description says "134 countries" :)

Great quiz btw, I love these kind of "fill the map" ones.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2022
Fixed, thank you.
Tadayoshi
+2
Level 24
Jul 23, 2022
Finally Conquered this quiz. It has been 2 months since I started learning Counties, started with England, then Scotland, Wales and Ireland. After getting 100 pc on all individual quizzes, now I finally did this one! thanks for this quiz
jojo8
+3
Level 65
Aug 31, 2022
This quiz reminds me of how much I hate the 1972 LGA.
FMFrazzle
+1
Level 55
Dec 19, 2022
Great quiz!

Minor detail- The Isle of Arran in Scotland is part of North Ayrshire and not Argyll and Bute as is shown on the map for this quiz. North Ayrshire is often referred to as 'North Ayrshire and Arran' although I am not sure whether this is the official name of the council area or not.

UnsealingFiddle
+1
Level 59
May 11, 2023
The Isle of Arran is in North Ayrshire Council not in Argyll and Bute. Living here I must admit that this makes no sense as it is an island but this is the way things are.
luxint
+1
Level 66
May 11, 2023
Very good, thank you
Bardigity
+1
Level 26
May 14, 2023
me a fifa fan just typing soccer teams and hope they work
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Oct 11, 2023
Why does York give North Yorkshire but none of the others?
Foglet1
+1
Level 58
Nov 13, 2023
Because the actual city of york is located therein
jspiegel14
+1
Level 71
Dec 7, 2023
2/134, 'Murica
AnAussieHawk1
+1
Level 61
Jan 8, 2024
Knowing some gaelic football teams helped in this scenario.
SomeCanadianGuy
+1
Level 48
Mar 14, 2024
It would great to include the six sheadings of the Isle of Man to round out the isles.
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