Proper noun
Six Counties
(Ireland, informal) The six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland.
We taught our young people hatred of England. We taught them that the Six Counties were rightfully ours: that is, that they should be ruled by Catholics. Conor Cruise O'Brien
As the Westminster General Election campaign hots up it is clear that Sinn Féin is providing the real leadership in politics in the Six Counties. Source: Internet
A rural area close to the border with an almost equally balanced nationalist and unionist population, the constituency is one of the most marginal in all of the Six Counties. Source: Internet
Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley took up their positions at the head of a power-sharing Executive in the Six Counties on Tuesday in the latest historic chapter of the Irish peace process. Source: Internet
Sinn Féin MEP and Irish language activist Bairbre de Brún has called on everyone to come out in Belfast on 24 February to support the call for an Irish Language Act in the Six Counties. Source: Internet
Could it happen anywhere but the Six Counties? Source: Internet