Ireland
The provinces of Ireland are traditionally know as fifths. This will easily make sense to those who are familiar with the symbolism of the pentacle. (Which represent each of the four elements: air, earth, fire and water and that which unites them: Spirit). There the kingdom of Ulster to the north (earth), Leinster to the east (air), Munster (fire)to the south, Connacht (water) to the west and then Tara, which like Spirit in the pentacle, unites the other four.
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