Was there 26 countries in the Irish free state?

The Irish Free State, which existed from 1922 to 1937, consisted of 26 counties of Ireland. These counties were:

1. Carlow

2. Cavan

3. Clare

4. Cork

5. Donegal

6. Dublin

7. Galway

8. Kerry

9. Kildare

10. Kilkenny

11. Laois

12. Leitrim

13. Limerick

14. Longford

15. Louth

16. Mayo

17. Meath

18. Monaghan

19. Offaly

20. Roscommon

21. Sligo

22. Tipperary

23. Waterford

24. Westmeath

25. Wexford

26. Wicklow