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 County of Coleraine - Definition, explanation
The County of Coleraine, also known as County Coleraine, was a county of Ireland.
It was the only one of the original 32 counties of Ireland to be abolished before the twentieth century.
It was created between the rivers Bann and Foyle in 1585 by John Perrot during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, with the intention of administering it from Coleraine, but in fact its courthouse and jail were built at Desertmartin.
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 Coleraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coleraine (Cúil Raithin in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland at the mouth of the river Bann.
Coleraine has been dubbed the 'Tourist capital of the Country' due to its popularity as a tourist destination.
Coleraine, during the day is a busy town, however at night the town is relatively quiet, with much of the nightlife in the area located in the nearby seaside towns of Portrush and Portstewart.
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 Coleraine   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Coleraine Area Map Shows where Coleraine is in relation to Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Duluth, and the Leech Lake Reservation.
Coleraine NIFHS Local family history group covering the borough of Coleraine with newsletter and details of current members.
Coleraine Yacht Club The club is situated on the Portstewart road, just north west of Coleraine next to Coleraine Marina.
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 Lewis: Co. Londonderry
bounded on the south and south-west by the county of Tyrone; on the west by that of Donegal; on the north west by Lough Foyle; on the north, by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the east, by the county of Antrim.
Of its civil jurisdiction it is remarkable that, like the county of Middlesex, its sheriffs are those elected by the citizens of its capital, who serve for the whole, excepting the liberties of Coleraine: the town-clerk of Londonderry, also, is the clerk of the peace for the county at large.
In form, the county approaches to an equilateral triangle: its greatest length is from the point of Magilligan, at the mouth of Lough Foyle, nearly southward, to the vicinity of Coagh, a distance of 32½ miles.
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 COUNTY LONDONDERRY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
County Derry of County Londonderry (Doire of Doire Cholm Cille in het Iers-Gaelisch) is een van de graafschappen van Ierland, en is een van de zes counties van Noord-Ierland.
County Derry is samengesteld uit het voormalig graafschap Coleraine en een deel van de counties Antrim, Donegal en Tyrone onder druk van bedrijven in Londen die beide banken en de monding van de rivieren Foyle en Bann onder hun controle wilden hebben, en toegang wilden hebben tot genoeg hout voor constructie.
Sinds 1973 wordt de administratieve overheid verdeeld tussen verschillende districten: Derry (stad), Coleraine, Limavady, en Magherafelt; en deel van het district Cookstown, dat hoofdzakelijk in County Tyrone ligt.
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 County Of Coleraine Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Beyond this, English control of the territory was nominal, so in 1607 almost the entire county was confiscated from its Irish owners, and in 1609, it was given to the Corporation of London and its livery companies, who were commanded to undertake its plantation.
The area to be planted included the entirety of County Coleraine, a barony of northern County Tyrone, the environs of Coleraine in County Antrim and a small area of County Donegal around Lough Foyle.
In 1613, this larger area was incorporated into the new County Londonderry, with its county town in new walled city of Londonderry on the west bank of the Foyle, opposite the destroyed town of Derry.
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 Articles - Counties of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The counties were subsequently adopted by sporting and cultural organisations such as the Gaelic Athletic Association, which organises its activities on county lines and today they attract strong loyalties, particularly in the sporting field.
Some of the 32 counties are no longer the main basis for local government, planning and community development purposes, although unlike the counties in Great Britain, the Republic's traditional county boundaries are still respected for other purposes (counties on occasion being sub-divided).
Former counties include: County Coleraine which formed the basis of County Londonderry, and Nether and Upper Tyrone which were merged, and Desmond which was split between Counties Cork and Kerry.
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 Coleraine town and civil parish county Londonderry, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
IV., for lighting and cleansing the town, which is paved at the expense of the county ; and the inhabitants are supplied with excellent water from numerous springs at the outlets of the town and from pumps.
The number of electors is 214, of whom 26 are burgesses and freemen, whose rights are reserved for life 184 £10 householders, and 4 occupiers of houses and lands of the yearly value of £10; of these, 185 polled at the late election for the borough, in 1835 : the mayor is the returning officer.
Coleraine has given title to many noblemen; the last was that of baron to the family of Hanger.
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 County Londonderry - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
County Londonderry or County Derry (Londaindoire or Doire respectively in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The districts covering the county are: Derry City; the districts of Coleraine, Limavady, and Magherafelt; and part of the district of Cookstown, which is largely in County Tyrone.
Statistical survey of the county of Londonderry: With observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and under the direction of The Dublin Society
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 Encyclopedia: Coleraine
County Derry (Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, in the province of Ulster.
Coleraine Borough Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
Towns in Londonderry The County of Coleraine, also known as County Coleraine, was a county of Ireland.
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 Coleraine - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It has a marina, a theatre and a major campus of the University of Ulster (opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969).
Coleraine has been dubbed the 'Tourist captial of the Country' due to its popularity as a tourist destination.
Coleraine and the Causeway Coast: an Illustrated History and Companion
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 Topographical Dictionary
LONDONDERRY (County of) a maritime county of the province of ULSTER bounded on the south and south-west by the county of Tyrone; on the west by that of Donegal; on the north west by Lough Foyle; on the north, by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the east, by the county of Antrim.
Since the Union it has sent only four to the Imperial parliament: two for the county, one for the city, and one for the borough of Coleraine; those for the city and county are elected in the city of Londonderry.
In the maritime districts, and from six to ten miles inland, a favourite manure is sea-shells brought by boats from islands in Lough Foyle: the shells are chiefly oyster, muscle, and cockle; from 30 to 60 barrels are spread on an acre.
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 ipedia.com: Counties of Ireland Article
The counties were in fact a creation of British rule in Ireland and were first set up in the 19th century to provide a framework for local government.
The 32 counties are no longer used for local government purposes, although unlike the Counties of England, the Republic's counties have merely been subdivided.
Former counties include: County Coleraine which formed the basis of County Londonderry, and Nether and Upper Tyrone which were merged at that time; County Desmond which was split between Counties Cork and Kerry; and the County of Caterlaugh occupying the southern part of what is now County Wicklow.
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 A History of County Derry   (Site not responding. Last check: )
County Derry dates from the time of the Plantation of Ulster, when lands to the west of the now extinct county of Coleraine were joined to it to form the modern county.
The hills at the south and centre have tended to cut off the Foyle Basin from the east and cause the gaze of Derry City to turn towards Donegal and the west.
The modern county begins its life with the Plantation, but it was the Industrial Revolution, bringing textile workers into Derry City from County Donegal, that effected the greatest transformation.
www.exploringfamilyorigins.com /Derryhistory.htm   (345 words)

  
 County Londonderry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
County Londonderry or County Derry (Contae Dhoire or Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, in the province of Ulster.
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.
See the list of places in County Londonderry for all villages, towns and cities.
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 County Derry
The county of Ulster contains the city of Derry (or Londonderry) and the towns of Coleraine, Limavady, Magherafelt and Portstewart.
The city of Londonderry was built on the foundation of a monastery in 546 A.D. It was raided by Danish vikings during the ninth to eleventh centuries.
When Ulster was divided into counties, Derry for a time, was known as the county of Coleraine.
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 CAIN: Issue: Violence - Chronology of 'pipe-bomb' attacks
A Catholic church in Moneymore, County Derry, was attacked with a pipe-bomb.
A couple and their two children, aged seven and 13, were in the house at the Heights in Coleraine when the device exploded just after midnight.
In Ballymoney, County Antrim, a Catholic family targeted in a pipe-bomb attack have said they believed the motive was sectarian.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/violence/attacks/pipebomb.htm   (5763 words)

  
 County of Coleraine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
County of Coleraine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The County of Coleraine, also known as County Coleraine, was a (Click link for more info and facts about county of Ireland) county of Ireland.
It was the only one of the original 32 counties of Ireland to be abolished before the (Click link for more info and facts about twentieth century) twentieth century.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/county_of_coleraine.htm   (63 words)

  
 Nothern Ireland Bed & Breakfast Network - Derry Holiday Accommodation
DerryCounty Derry belongs to the province of Ulster and is one of the six counties that form Northern Ireland.
County Derry covers an area of 2,074 km² and is divided into five district councils.
County Derry Northern Ireland covers an area of 2,074 km² and is divided into five district councils.
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 Samuel Porter - Coleraine, Ireland -> PA
Samuel Porter sailed from Londonderry and came to the U.S. in 1840 and according to his obituary was "hoping to join a maternal uncle whose name he bore." I would assume this maternal uncle had the last
Coleraine, 5 September 1826) became a Presbyterian minister in various churches including Phoenixville, PA, last living in Newark, NJ.
Coleraine, 24 August 1834) was a chaplain in the
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 Coleraine Information Online - guide and directory for Coleraine,County Londonderry,UK with tourist information
If you live and work in Coleraine, Send your news items to us; whether it is entertainment, sports, business or community related.
If you are looking for accommodation we have Coleraine hotels and Coleraine bed and breakfasts plus UK cottages and self catering holiday accomodation as well as directories for Camping and Caravan Parks.
Coleraine Information Online is an independent site and is not affiliated with, or officially sponsored by any local authority or tourist information centre based in Coleraine.
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 Londonderry City 1939 ©Jane Lyons
Londonderry is the centre from which well-appointed Motor Buses radiate, not only throughout the County Donegal-to the North-West and Central Highlands of which it forms the gateway-but also to Belfast, Sligo and throughout the Counties Londonderry and Tyrone.
Tyrone, part of the County of Antrim (Coleraine and its liberties), part of the County of Donegal (Derry and its liberties), and also the whole of Lough Foyle, with the ground or soil thereof, from the high seas unto the town of Lifford.
But the Irish Society retained in their own hands the towns of Londonderry and Coleraine and the valuable fisheries on the Foyle and Bann, which they hold to this day.
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 Culture in Coleraine cheap holidays and travel deals, flights and hotels to book online
Local family history group covering the borough of Coleraine with newsletter and details of current...
MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Culture and Identity in Ireland (Coleraine campus)...
Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Culture and Identity in Ireland (Coleraine campus).
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 :::: Welcome To The Clan Kane Family History And Genealogy Web Site ::::   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A Snapshot on the state of lands, of the O'Cahans was provided In October, 1608, an English government report on the plantation of the County of Coleraine, mentioned that the chief septs that inhabit the Couny are the O'Cahans and under them the O'Mullans, the Magilligans and the McCloskeys.
Planning for the Plantation of Ulster was stimulated by the Flight of the Earls in 1607 and the fear of their return with a foreign army.
The grant of lands to the London company was the whole of the county of Coleraine, with the barony of Loughinsolin, containing the great woods of Glenconkeyne and Killetragh, and areas west of the Foyle near Derry and east of the Bann near Coleraine, thus creating the present county of Londonderry.
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 CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 2001
A remembrance service was held in Omagh, County Tyrone, to mark the third anniversary of the "real" Irish Republican Army (rIRA) bomb attack on the town that left 29 people, and two unborn children, dead (15 August 1998).
Speaking in the aftermath of the bombing attempt in Balllycastle, County Antrim, on 28 August 2001 he said that the British government must acknowledge the UDA ceasefire was not operating in some parts of the North and must take action against those behind the recent attacks.
The daughter (17) of the prison officer was alone in the house at the time of the attack and suffered from the effects of smoke inhalation.
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 Ardagh, County Longford   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Ardagh, County Longford, Patrick built a church.
He is said to have consecrated the site of a church at Coleraine in County Derry and a stone on which he sat was shown at Dunseverick, on the shore of the northern sea.
In the Diocese of Down and Connor, many churches attribute origins to him, including Glenavy and Glenarm in County Antrim.
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 County Londonderry - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
County Londonderry or County Derry (Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
de:Londonderry (County) es:Condado de Londonderry ga:Contae Dhoire nl:County Londonderry
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