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For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation).

Template:Infobox Irish Place 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. It was named after its main town (later city and administrative centre), Derry (as it was known at the time, the town was later named Londonderry but has since been renamed Derry by Derry City Council), and the Plantation of Ulster by London livery companies.

In inter-county sporting events, the Derry team wear the colours red and white.

As with the town, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists. The name Derry is always used in the Republic, while most of the British authorities prefer to use the name Londonderry.

Unlike the town, historically there was not a preceding County Derry: it was established by combining the former County of Coleraine with small parts of Counties Antrim, Donegal, and Tyrone at the behest of the London companies so that they could control both banks of the mouths of the River Foyle and the River Bann and have access to sufficient wood for construction. The county town was Coleraine.

The county flower is the Purple Saxifrage. .

Administration

Since 1973, administration has been divided between district councils. 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 also

list of places in County Londonderry

References

1. County flowers in Britain www.plantlife.org.uk

v t e Counties of Ireland
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Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo
Leinster	Carlow Dublin Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Fingal South Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford
Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Donegal Down Fermanagh Londonderry Monaghan Tyrone
Italics denote non-administrative counties. Brackets denote non-traditional counties. denotes non-administrative counties of Northern Ireland

• Ulster
• County Londonderry