Some interseting stuffNorthern Ireland consists
of six counties: County Antrim, County Armagh,
County Down, County Fermanagh, County
Londonderry and County Tyrone, These counties
are no longer used for local government
purposes; instead there are twenty-six districts
of Northern Ireland which have different
geographical extents, even in the case of those
named after the counties from which they derive
their name. Fermanagh District Council most
closely follows the borders of the county from
which it takes its name. Coleraine Borough
Council, on the other hand, derives its name
from the town of Coleraine in County
Londonderry.
Although counties are no longer used for
governmental purpose, they remain a popular
means of describing where places are. They are
officially used while applying for an Irish
Passport, which requires the applicant to state
their 'County of Birth' - which then appears in
both Irish and English on the Passport's
information page, as opposed to the town or city
of birth on the United Kingdom Passport.
The county boundaries still appear on Ordnance
Survey of Northern Ireland Maps and the Phillips
Street Atlases, among others. With their decline
in official use, there is often confusion
surrounding towns and cities which lie near
county boundaries, such as Belfast and Lisburn,
which are split between counties Down and Antrim
(the majorities of both cities, however, are in
Antrim)
Cities in Northern Ireland: Armagh, Belfast,
Derry, Lisburn and Newry.
Towns and villages in Northern Ireland: Ahoghill,
Antrim, Annalong, Annaclone, Ballycastle,
Ballyclare, Ballykelly, Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Bushmills,
Carnmoney, Carrickfergus, Castledawson,
Castlerock, Coalisland, Comber, Coleraine,
Cookstown, Craigavon, Crossmaglen, Crumlin,,
Corbet, Cushendall, Donaghadee, Downpatrick,
Dromore, Dundonald, Dungannon, Dungiven, Dromore,
Donaghcloney, Enniskillen, Glengormley, Garvagh,
Gilford, Garrison, Hillsborough, Holywood,
Kilkeel, Larne, Limavady, Lurgan, Loughbrickland,
Magherafelt, Macosquin, Newcastle, Newtownards,
Newtownstewart, Omagh, Portrush, Portstewart,
Portadown, Portaferry, Poyntzpass,
Portballintrae, Rasharkin, Rathfriland, Strabane,
Scarva, Seapatrick and Warrenpoint
The above
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