Counties of Northern Ireland

Tyrone

Londonderry

Armagh

Fermanagh

Down

Antrim

The counties of Northern Ireland were the principal local government divisions of Northern Ireland from its creation in 1921 until 1972, when their governmental features were abolished and replaced with twenty-six unitary authorities: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. These form two-thirds of the historical province of Ulster.

Map

The map at the beginning of this article shows the 6 of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland that make up Northern Ireland. Their area does not always correspond with the area of the counties currently used for local government purposes.

List of counties

Flag	County	County town	First created	Est. population (2006)
	Antrim	Antrim	Early 14th century	566,000
	Armagh	Armagh	1584	141,000
	Down	Downpatrick	Early 14th century	492,840
	Fermanagh	Enniskillen	1584	55,000
	Londonderry	Coleraine	1613	233,500
	Tyrone	Omagh	1584	166,516

See Also

• Counties of Ireland