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County Londonderry or County Derry (Irish: Contae Dhoire) is one
of the six counties
of Northern
Ireland in the province
of Ulster in Ireland. It was named after its
main town – and later city and administrative centre – Derry (Londonderry), which lies in the north-western
corner of the county. It is one of four counties
in Northern Ireland which presently has a majority of the population from a Catholic community background,
according to the 2001 census. The
highest point in the county is the summit of Sawel Mountain (678m) on the
border with County Tyrone.
Sawel is part of the Sperrin
Mountains, which dominate the southern part of the county. To the
east and west, the land falls into the valleys of the Bann and Foyle rivers respectively; in the south-east, the county
touches the shore of Lough Neagh, which is the largest lake in Ireland; the
north of the county is distinguished by the steep cliffs, dune systems and
remarkable beaches of the Atlantic coast. The county is home to a number of
important buildings and landscapes, including the well-preserved 17th-century
city walls of Derry; the National Trust-owned Plantation
estate at
Springhill; the Mussenden Temple with its
spectacular views of the Atlantic;
the dikes,
artificial coastlines and the noted bird sanctuaries on the eastern
shore of Lough Foyle;
and the visitor centre at Bellaghy
Bawn, close to the childhood home of Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. In the centre of
the county are the old-growth deciduous forests at Banagher and Ness Wood,
where the Burntollet River flows over the highest waterfalls in Northern
Ireland. As with the City, 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 used in the Republic
of Ireland, it also has a mixed usage in Northern Ireland,
depending on the source; while most of the British authorities prefer to use
the name Londonderry. History
Unlike the town, governmentally there
was not a preceding administrative area called County Derry: it was
established in 1613 by the government combining the former County of
Coleraine with small parts of Counties Antrim, Donegal, and Tyrone at the behest of the
London Livery
Companies and the Irish Society (hence, London-Derry) 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. Administratively,
the city became a separate county
borough, so from the
establishment of Londonderry County Council in 1899 until its abolition in
1973, the town of Coleraine was the official County Town of County Londonderry with the county
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The
following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
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Robertson; Royston |
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To find out more about each surname listed
above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at: |
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different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information
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County LONDONDERRY,
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Coleraine
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LOCATION:
Coordinates: 55° 7′ 58.8″ N,
6° 39′ 39.6″ W;
Decimal: 55.133, -6.661 |
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DESCRIPTION: Coleraine (from the Irish: Cúil Raithin meaning "Ferny
corner") is a large town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann. It is 55 miles (88.5 km)
northwest of Belfast and
30 miles (48.3 km) east of Derry. |
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s): Rebecca Royston was born at Coleraine. She most likely married James Robertson here about 1711. Their five known children John, Matthew,
James, Elizabeth and our 6th great-grandfather William Robertson
(1720) were born here between c. 1712 and 1720. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Coleraine - Wikipedia;
Coleraine Borough Council; River Bann, Ireland |
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LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland List of Localities The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage, death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have occurred. Source: Wikipedia |
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Cities (population of 75,000 or more)
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Derry Large towns (population of
18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census)
Medium towns (population of
10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2001 Census)
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Limavady Small towns (population of
4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2001 Census)
Intermediate settlements (population of 2,250 or more and
under 4,500 at 2001 Census)
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Culmore; Dungiven; Eglinton; Maghera; Newbuildings Villages (population of
1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census)
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Ballykelly; Bellaghy; Castledawson; Castlerock; Claudy; Draperstown; Garvagh; Greysteel; Kilrea; Moneymore; Strathfoyle; Small villages or hamlets (population
of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)
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Articlave; Ballymaguigan; Ballyronan; Clady; Desertmartin; Feeny; Lettershendoney; Macosquin; Swatragh; Tobermore; Upperlands |
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recommend that you use the following search engine and external-links
to obtain additional knowledge about this place.
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United
Kingdom and Ireland - rootsweb.com ·
GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy ·
UK Genealogy - The Portal for UK Family Research |
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Cyndi’s List - United Kingdom
& Ireland Index ·
IGI Batch Numbers-British Isles & North
America ·
Genealogy
SiteFinder: United Kingdom ·
A vision of Britain (on-line library for
local history) ·
UK Genealogy Archives, Heraldry and Family
History |
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photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we would greatly appreciate
hearing from you. |
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ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
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