County by any other name
The shiring of Ireland was British, with Ulster being the last province to be shired Sir John Perrot, 1585.
At the time the most important town locally was Coleraine and thus County Coleraine was the original county that included an Doire/Derry/Londonderry.
A charter of 1613 established the County of Londonderry with the City of Londonderry.
Ivan Walton,
Coleraine.
