Parliament Building, Stormont, Northern Ireland Image by Ross |
These 26 districts replaced the six counties and two county boroughs that had been created by the Local Government Act 1898. These six counties and two county boroughs are still used for purposes such as Lieutenancy.
Districts of Northern Ireland
- Antrim
- Ards
- Armagh
- Ballymena
- Ballymoney
- Banbridge
- Belfast
- Carrickfergus
- Castlereagh
- Coleraine
- Cookstown
- Craigavon
- Derry
- Down
- Dungannon and South Tyrone
- Fermanagh
- Larne
- Limavady Lisburn
- Magherafelt
- Moyle
- Newry and Mourne
- Newtownabbey
- North Down
- Omagh
- Strabane
Lieutenancy Areas of Northern Ireland
The Lieutenancy Areas of Northern Ireland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenants, the representatives of the UK monarch in Northern Ireland. The 8 Lieutenancy Areas comprise the 6 counties and 2 county boroughs that existed before the creation of the 26 councils in 1972.
Lieutenancy Councils
County | County town |
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County Antrim | Antrim |
County Armagh | Armagh |
County Down | Downpatrick |
County Fermanagh | Enniskillen |
County Londonderry | Coleraine |
County Tyrone | Omagh |
Lieutenancy County Boroughs
- City of Belfast
- City of Londonderry
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