6 counties in Ulster make up this political unit
The partition of Ireland into two separate political units as a 
comprise ... from the new Northern Ireland jurisdiction made up of six of the 
counties of Ulster... [DOC] [TLE] FREEDOM: The Conflict in Ireland - Sinn Fein [PAR] Until 1921, the island of Ireland was governed as a single political unit as a ... 
Northern Ireland (the Six Counties) represented the greatest land area in which 
Irish .... and make-up of the respective populations of the Six and 26-County 
states.