Everything about Counties Of Northern Ireland totally explained
Northern Ireland is one of the four constituent parts of the
United Kingdom. It comprises one fifth the island of Ireland, and consists of six of the
counties of Ireland. According to certain sources the six pointed star of the former
Government of Northern Ireland flag is there to represent the six counties that make up Northern Ireland. A common way to remember the six counties, is by the acronyms
FATLAD or
FATDAD.
Counties
Although all the counties in
Northern Ireland are in
Ulster, the two are not the same. Ulster also includes three counties in the
Republic of Ireland:
Donegal,
Cavan and
Monaghan which are not part of the
United Kingdom.
County Antrim
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County Antrim is located on the north east corner of Northern Ireland. It is one of two counties that doesn't border the
Republic. Its county town is
Antrim. It has an estimated population of 566,000 people, and a great attraction of the county is the
Glens of Antrim. Half of the
Greater Belfast area is in this county.
County Armagh
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County Armagh is located on the south of Northern Ireland. It is the smallest of the six counties, and is known by some as the Orchard County because the land is so fertile for apple-growing. Its county town is
Armagh, and the county has an estimated population of 141,000. South Armagh was the most militarised region in Western Europe due to the history of the Troubles.
County Down
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County Down is located on the south east of Northern Ireland. The county town is
Downpatrick, and the largest town is
Bangor, although half of the Greater Belfast area is located in Down. County Down houses a mountain range, the
Mourne Mountains, which are in talks about becoming Northern Ireland's first
National Park. They are regarded as one of the greatest place for walkers in the land of Ireland. County Down has an estimated population of 454,000 people.
County Fermanagh
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County Fermanagh is located on the south west of Northern Ireland. It is one of the four counties that border the
Republic.
Its
county town is
Enniskillen. The county has an estimated population of 55,000 people, and a large tourist attraction is the
Marble Arch Caves.
County Londonderry
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County Londonderry is located on the north west of Northern Ireland. It has an estimated population of 213,000 residents. The county has Northern Ireland's second largest city, also called Londonderry/Derry or the
City of Derry.
County Tyrone
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County Tyrone is located on the west of Northern Ireland. During
The Troubles it saw the
worst attack on its county town,
Omagh. It is the largest county in Northern Ireland with an estimated population of 166,516 people.
Government
Unlike the
Republic of Ireland, the counties are no longer used for local government purposes. A major re-organisation of local government in 1973 replaced the six administrative counties and two
county boroughs (
Belfast and
Londonderry) by twenty-six "single-tier"
districts for local government purposes, and these cross the traditional county boundaries. The six administrative counties and two county-boroughs remain in use for some purposes, including
car number plates. The counties formed the
former postal counties for Northern Ireland.
As of 2006, major local government reform is expected to reduce the number of districts from twenty-six to less than ten.
Lieutenancy areas
A
Lord Lieutenant is appointed for each of the counties of
Antrim,
Armagh,
Down,
Fermanagh,
Londonderry and
Tyrone and for the cities of
Belfast and
Londonderry.
Former counties
Former counties which formed the six modern counties of Northern Ireland:
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