| SLIGO | One of the counties of Ireland nicknamed "Yeats Country" (5) |
| KERRY | SW county of Ireland, nicknamed the Kingdom, in which the Rose of Tralee festival is held (5) |
| LEITRIM | Least populous of the OBC 32 counties of Ireland, named from the Irish for "grey ridge" (7) |
| CONNAUGHT | Anglicised name of the province of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo (9) |
| DONEGAL | One of the counties of Ulster, but not Northern Ireland (7) |
| BRENDAN | Early Irish monastic saint, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, nicknamed 'the Navigator' (7) |
| LARNE | Football club from Northern Ireland nicknamed 'The Harbour Rats' (5) |
| SEAL | Yeats' country |
| EIRE | Yeats' country |
| DEVON | One of the counties noted for traditional cream teas (5) |
| LEINSTER | Province of the Republic of Ireland that includes the counties of Carlow and Meath |
| CHESHIRE | One of the counties forming the North West of England; or, a type of cheese (8) |
| EAST | On thirteeeeenn March 1976, Pope Paul VI formed the Diocese of ... Anglia from the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk and the Unitary Authority of Peterborough (4) |
| LOUGHFOYLE | Body of water between the counties of Londonderry and Donegal (5,5) |
| SHIRE | Word forming the names of many counties of England, Scotland and Wales; or, a breed of draught horse (5) |
| DYFED | Largest in area of the preserved counties of Wales (5) |
| HOMABAY | One of the counties in the former Nyanza Region (7) |
| CONNACHT | Province of Ireland that contains the counties of Mayo and Galway (8) |
| GRANT | Russell ___, astrologer and television presenter whose books include The Real Counties of Britain (5 |
| POWYS | Welsh county which borders the English counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire (5) |
