Historic Counties

Northern Ireland is split up into the Historic Irish Counties, which still exist in law, separate from the administrative counties used for local government. Click on the links below to see our related posts. More links will be added as we travel around Northern Ireland.

• Antrim
  • Cities of Belfast (Main) and Lisburn (Part).
  • Towns of Ballycastle, Carrickfergus and Larne.
  • Villages of Ballintoy, Ballygally, Carnlough, Cushendall and Glenarm.
  • Ballylumford Power Station, Belfast Castle, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Giant’s Causeway, Glens of Antrim and Loughareema.

• Armagh
  • City of Newry (Part).
  • Town of Lurgan.

• Derry/Londonderry

• Down
  • Cities of Belfast (East), Lisburn (Part) and Newry (Part).

• Fermanagh

• Tyrone