County by any other name

COULD someone explain to me why the Irish Examiner refers to a ‘County Derry?’

County by any other name
Tue, 04 Feb, 2003 - 00:00

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.

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