50
Paroisses
1,353
Localités
293,775
Registres de recensement
60,625
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 148,465
- Foyers
- 30,440
- Personnes
- 145,310 -2.1%
- Foyers
- 30,185 -0.8%
À propos
LONDONDERRY (County of), a maritime county of the province of ULSTER, bounded on the south and south-west by the county of Tyrone; on the west, by that of Donegal; on the north-west, by Lough Foyle; on the north, by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the east, by the county of Antrim. It extends from 54° 37' to 55° 12' (N. Lat.), and from 6° 26' to 7° 18' (W. Lon.); and comprises an area, according to the Ordnance survey, of 518,423 acres, of which 388,817 are cultivated, 119,202 are mountain waste and bog, and 10,404 are occupied by water. The population, in 1821, was 193,869, and in 1831, 222,012.
The river Foyle appears to have been the Argita, and the Bann the Logia, of Ptolemy; and the intervening territory, constituting the present county of Londonderry, formed, according to this geographer, part of the country of the Darnii or Darini, whose name appears to be perpetuated in the more modern designation of "Derry." The earliest internal evidence represents it as being chiefly the territory of the O'Cathans, O'Catrans or O'Kanes, under the name of Tir Cahan or Cathan-aght, signifying "O'Kane's country:" they were a branch of and tributary to the O'Nials, and their chief seat was at a place now called the Deer Park, in the vale of the Roe. When their country was reduced to shire ground by Sir John Perrot, in the reign of Elizabeth, it was intended that Coleraine should be the capital; and the county was therefore designated, and long bore the name of, "the county of Coleraine," although it is a singular fact that the ruins of the court-house and gaol then built for the county are at Desertmartin, 15 miles from the proposed capital.
Source: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
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Juridiction
Irlande du Nord
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Nom irlandais
Doire
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Années de recensement
1901, 1911
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Districts
102 districts de recensement
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Annals of the Four Masters
Historical references from O'Donovan's edition (1848–51)
The Annals of the Four Masters record Derry (Irish: Doire) in 69 entries between AD 535 and AD 1608.
Early Christian
Viking & Pre-Norman
Medieval
Early Modern
Ecclesiastical & Political Records
- • Derry, abbot of, 795
- • Derry, abbots of, 879, 903, 919, 973.
- • Derry, airchinneachs of, 967, 983, 1061, 1096,
- • Derry, ban-airchinneach, 1134.
- • Derry, anchorite of, 967.
- • Derry, bishops of, 948, 1173, 1293, 1319, 1484,
Source: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, ed. John O'Donovan (1848–51). Public domain.
Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
6,024 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 677 townlands (1830s-1850s).
Top Surnames
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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