County Londonderry
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- For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation).
| County Londonderry / County Derry Contae Dhoire Coonty Lunnonderrie / Coonty Derrie |
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| Province: | Ulster | |
| County Town: | Derry | |
| Area: | 2,074 km² | |
| Population (est.) | 213,000[citation needed] | |
County Londonderry or County Derry (Contae Dhoire or simply Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, in the province of Ulster. It was named after its main town (later city and administrative centre), Derry (as Londonderry). In gaelic sporting events, the team as Derry, wear the colours red and white. The county flower is the Purple Saxifrage. [1].
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[edit] Name
As with the town, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists. It has a mixed usage in Northern Ireland, depending on the source; while most of the British citizens prefer to use the name Londonderry.
[edit] History
Unlike the town, historically there was not a preceding County Derry: it was established in 1613 by combining the former County of Coleraine with small parts of Counties Antrim, Donegal, and Tyrone at the behest of the London companies (hence, London-Derry) so that they could control both banks of the mouths of the River Foyle and the River Bann and have access to sufficient wood for construction. The county town was Coleraine.
[edit] Administration
Since 1973, administration has been divided between district councils. The councils covering the county are Coleraine Borough Council, Derry City Council, Limavady Borough Council, and Magherafelt District Council; and part of Cookstown District Council, which is largely in County Tyrone.
[edit] Education
Government-funded education up to secondary school level is administered by
- Western Education and Library Board
- North Eastern Education and Library Board
- Southern Education and Library Board
For Catholic grant-maintained schools administration is by the Derry Diocesan Education Office.
Two major centres of the University of Ulster are in the county, including its headquarters at Coleraine and the Magee Campus in Derry.
[edit] Media
C9TV broadcasts to much of the north and east of the county and is based in Derry.
The county currently has three full time radio stations
- BBC Radio Foyle
- Q102.9
- Q97.2
- SixFM (in the south of the county)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ County flowers in Britain www.plantlife.org.uk
| Traditional Civic Divisions of Northern Ireland |
| Cities |
| Counties |
Republic of Ireland
Connacht: Galway (~City) • Leitrim • Mayo • Roscommon • Sligo
Munster: Clare • Cork (~City) • Kerry • Limerick (~City) • Tipperary (North~; South~) • Waterford (~City)
Leinster: Carlow • Dublin (~City; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown; Fingal; South~) • Kildare • Kilkenny • Laois • Longford • Louth • Meath • Offaly • Westmeath • Wexford • Wicklow
Ulster: Cavan • Donegal • Monaghan
Northern Ireland
Ulster: Antrim • Armagh • Down • Fermanagh • Londonderry • Tyrone
italics denotes non-administrative counties; (parentheses) denotes non-traditional counties
