Question: Ireland was divided by how many provinces?

Context articles: Provinces of Ireland
Roman governor
Miss Dominion of Canada
Mario Biondi (writer)
Software engineering professionalism
Driver's licence in Canada
Chiang Mai Main Line
Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa
Reference re Agricultural Products Marketing
Congal Cáech

Ireland has historically been divided into four provinces: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.
 The Irish word for this territorial division, "cúige", literally meaning "fifth part", indicates that there were once five; the fifth province, Meath, was incorporated into Leinster, with parts going to Ulster.
 The provinces of Ireland serve no administrative or political purposes, but function as historical and cultural entities.
A Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many provinces constituting the Roman Empire.
 A Roman governor is also known as a propraetor or proconsul.
Miss Dominion of Canada was a beauty pageant held in Niagara Falls for many years, primarily at the Sheraton Brock Hotel, on July 1, Canada's Dominion Day (now known as "Canada Day"), beginning in 1959.
 The winner of this pageant represented Canada at four of the world's largest international beauty pageants, Miss Universe (until 1977), Miss World (1962–1979), Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific.
 The Miss Dominion of Canada pageant originated when the Bruno family of Ancaster, Ontario obtained franchise rights to select and send Canada's exclusive representatives to these international pageants.
 As many as 40 contestants selected via local pageants across many provinces of Canada competed in the annual Niagara Falls competition.
 Throughout the 1970s, there were generally between twelve and twenty contestants competing at the final judging.
Mario Biondi (born Milan, 17 May 1939) is an Italian writer, poet, literary critic, journalist and translator.
 His reputation is mainly due to the novel "Gli occhi di una donna", which earned him the important Italian award Premio Campiello in 1985.
 He has a keen interest in Central Asia and Tibetan history and culture, and in recent years has travelled all of the Silk Road through Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and many provinces of China, among which Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai and obviously Xizang (Tibet).
Software engineering professionalism is a movement to make software engineering a profession, with aspects such as degree and certification programs, professional associations, professional ethics, and government licensing.
 The field is a licensed discipline in Texas in the United States (Texas Board of Professional Engineers, since 2013), Engineers Australia(Course Accreditation since 2001, not Licensing), and many provinces in Canada.
In Canada, driver's licences are issued by the government of the province or territory in which the driver is residing.
 Thus, specific regulations relating to driver's licences vary province to province, though overall they are quite similar.
 All provinces have provisions allowing non-residents to use licences issued by other provinces and territories, out-of-country licences, and International Driving Permits.
 Many provinces also allow non-residents to use regular licences issued by other nations and countries.
 Canadian driver's licences are also valid in many other countries due to various international agreements and treaties.
Chiang Mai Main Line is the second longest railway line in Thailand, after Su-ngai Kolok Main Line.
 It runs from Hua Lamphong Railway Station in the central to Chiang Mai Railway Station in the north, passing through many provinces.
 Notable services include the Nakhon Phing Express, the first class train serving the line.
 Many accidents have occurred on the line in recent years, prompting renovation work to commence on the track in late 2013, finally reopening on 2 December 2013.
During his term in the country, he tried to give the Islands a government as good as that of modern Spain.
 He traveled through many provinces trying to learn the needs of Filipinos.
 He encouraged agriculture, improved the streets and suburbs of Manila, and succeeded in helping the country.
 He was given the title Count of Manila.
 The towns of Claveria in Misamis Oriental province, Claveria in Masbate province, and Claveria in Cagayan province were named in his honor.
The marketing of agricultural products has had a turbulent history in Canada.
 In 1949, the Parliament of Canada enacted the "Agricultural Products Marketing Act" in order to regulate extraprovincial trade.
 By the 1960s, Ontario and other provinces had settled on a model of marketing boards for specified agricultural products, while the federal government started to set up national schemes as with the Canadian Dairy Commission.
 Many provinces, but especially Ontario and Quebec, entered into the "Chicken and Egg War" of 1971, where they used their powers to retaliate against each other's products.
 This resulted in the passage of the "Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act" by the Parliament of Canada that came into force in December 1972, and the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency was the first scheme to be created on a national scale under it.
Congal Cáech (also Congal Cláen) was a king of the Cruthin of Dál nAraidi in the medieval Irish province of Ulaid, from around 626 to 637.
 He was king of Ulaid from 627–637 and, according to some sources, High King of Ireland.