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{{Short description|County in Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = County Londonderry
|other_name native_name = {{Padnative top italicname|ga|Contae Dhoire}}<br />''Coontie Lunnonderrie}}'' ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])
| settlement_type = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|image_shield = Lderry co arms.png
| image_shield = Londonderrycoatarms.png
|shield_size = 140px
|nickname shield_size = The Oak Leaf County110px
| nickname = The Oak Leaf County
|motto = ''Auxilium A Domino''{{spaces|2}}<small>([[Latin language|Latin]])</small><br>"Help comes from the Lord"
| motto = ''Auxilium A Domino''{{spaces|2}}([[Latin language|Latin]])<br />"Help comes from the Lord"
|image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Londonderry.svg
| image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Londonderry.svg
|area_total_km2 = 2118
| area_total_km2 = 2118
|area_rank = [[List of Irish counties by area|15th]]
| area_rank = [[List of Irish counties by area|15th]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census1971summary">{{cite book |author=Northern Ireland General Register Office |title=Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |format=PDF |location=Belfast |publisher=HMSO |access-date=28 August 2019 |page=1 |chapter=Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971 |date=1975 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723205332/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census1971summary">{{cite book |author=Northern Ireland General Register Office |title=Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |format=PDF |location=Belfast |publisher=HMSO |access-date=28 August 2019 |page=1 |chapter=Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971 |date=1975 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723205332/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| seat_type = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County town]]
|seat seat_type = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County = [[Colerainetown]]
|population seat = 247132[[Coleraine]]
| population = 252231
|population_rank = [[List of Irish counties by population|6th]]<ref>[http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf Key Statistics Tables] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127021255/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf |date=27 November 2007 }} 2001 Census combined for Coleraine, Derry, Limavady & Magherafelt.</ref>
| population_rank = [[List of Irish counties by population|6th]]<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=County |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
|population_as_of = 2011
| population_as_of = 2021
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1subdivision_name = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Region]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Northern Ireland]]
| subdivision_type2subdivision_name1 = [[Provinces ofNorthern Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| unit_pref = Imperial
| elevation_max_munit_pref =678 Imperial
| elevation_max_m = 678
| elevation_max_point =[[Sawel Mountain]]
| elevation_max_point = [[Sawel Mountain]]
|timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
|utc_offset timezone = [[Greenwich =Mean ±0Time|GMT]]
|timezone_DST utc_offset = [[British Summer Time|BST]]±0
| timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +1
| website = {{URL|https://discovernorthernireland.com/about-northern-ireland/counties/co-londonderry/county-londonderry/}}
| postal_code_typewebsite =
| postal_code_type = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]
| postal_code = [[BT postcode area|BT]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = <br />'''Date'''
| established_title2 = [[County Coleraine|Co. Coleraine]]
| established_date2 = 1585
| established_title3 = Co. County Londonderry
| established_date3 = 1613
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ulster]]
| footnotes = ''Contae Dhoire''<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107010755/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf%0A |archive-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> is the Irish name; ''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' is its name in [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]].<ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf Banagher and Boveagh Churches] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830193411/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf |date=30 August 2011}} Department of the Environment.</ref>
|footnotes = ''Contae Dhoire''<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf
|title= Northern Ireland
|publisher= Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
|access-date= 28 October 2010
|archive-date= 7 January 2019
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190107010755/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf%0A
|url-status= live
}}</ref> is the Irish name; ''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' is its name in [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]].<ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf Banagher and Boveagh Churches] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830193411/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf |date=30 August 2011 }} Department of the Environment.</ref>
}}
''' County Londonderry''' ([[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as '''County Derry''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}}), is one of the six [[Counties of Northern Ireland|counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]], one of the thirty two [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of [[Ireland]] and one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]]. Before the [[partition of Ireland]], it was one of the [[counties of Ireland|counties]] of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] from 1613 onward and then of the [[United Kingdom]] after the [[Acts of Union 1800]]. Adjoining the north-west shore of [[Lough Neagh]], the county covers an area of {{convert|2118|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and today has a population of about 247,132.
''' County Londonderry''' ([[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as '''County Derry''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}}), is one of the six [[Counties of Northern Ireland|counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]], one of the thirty-two [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of [[Ireland]] and one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]]. Before the [[partition of Ireland]], it was one of the [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] from 1613 onward and then of the [[United Kingdom]] after the [[Acts of Union 1800]]. Adjoining the north-west shore of [[Lough Neagh]], the county covers an area of {{convert|2118|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and today has a population of about 252,231.<ref name="2021 pop"/>
Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts; [[Derry and Strabane]], [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] and [[Mid-Ulster District|Mid-Ulster]]. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in [[All-Ireland]] sporting and cultural events (i.e. [[Derry GAA]]).
Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts: [[Derry and Strabane]], [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] and [[Mid-Ulster District|Mid-Ulster]]. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in [[All-Ireland]] sporting and cultural events (i.e. [[Derry GAA]]).
Since 1981, it has become one of four counties in Northern Ireland that has a [[Irish Catholic|Catholic]] majority (55.56% according to the 2001 Census<ref name="NISRA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf|title=NISRA - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127021255/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf|archive-date=27 November 2007}}</ref>), with 57% of the Catholic population residing within the territory of [[Derry City Council]].<ref name="NISRA"/> The [[county flower]] is the [[purple saxifrage]].<ref>[http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-discovering-plants-county-flowers.html County flowers in Britain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214131539/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-discovering-plants-county-flowers.html |date=14 February 2006 }} www.plantlife.org.uk</ref>
Since 1981, it has become one of four counties in Northern Ireland that has a [[Irish Catholic|Catholic]] majority (55.56% according to the 2001 Census<ref name="NISRA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf|title=NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127021255/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pdf/Key%20Statistics%20ReportTables.pdf|archive-date=27 November 2007}}</ref> and 61.3% according to the 2021 Census<ref name="religion brought up in">{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>). The [[county flower]] is the [[purple saxifrage]].<ref>[http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-discovering-plants-county-flowers.html County flowers in Britain] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214131539/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-discovering-plants-county-flowers.html |date=14 February 2006}} www.plantlife.org.uk</ref>
== Name ==
The place name ''Derry'' is an [[anglicisation]] of the old[[Old Irish]] ''Daire''<ref>{{cite book |last=Delanoy |first=Werner |title=Towards a Dialogic Anglistics |publisher=LIT Verlag |year=2007 |page=38 |isbn=978-3-8258-0549-4 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> ([[Modern Irish]] ''Doire''<ref name=tearma>{{cite web | url = http://www.tearma.ie/Search.aspx?term=doire | title = doire | work = téarma.ie – Dictionary of Irish Terms | publisher = [[Foras na Gaeilge]] and [[Dublin City University]] | access-date = 18 November 2016}}</ref>), meaning "oak-grove" or "oak-wood".<ref>{{cite book |last=Blackie |first=Christina |title=Geographical Etymology |publisher=Marton Press |year=2010 |page=61 |isbn=978-1-4455-8286-3}}</ref>
As with the city, its name is subject to the [[Derry/Londonderry name dispute]], with the form "Londonderry" generally preferred by [[Unionism in Ireland|unionists]] and "Derry" by [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]]. Unlike with the city, however, there has never been a County Derry. County Londonderry was formed mostly from the old [[County Coleraine]] (see below).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceps.eu/Article.php?article_id=206|title=Centre for European Policy Studies, accessed 6 October 2007|access-date=20 October 2008|archive-date=27 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227104546/http://www.ceps.eu/Article.php?article_id=206|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Maiden">{{cite web|url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1588|title=The Walled City Experience|publisher=Northern Ireland Tourist Board|access-date=4 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420182750/http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1588|archive-date=20 April 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4887352.stm BBC News: Court to Rule on City Name] 7 April 2006</ref><ref>''City name row lands in High Court'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6213890.stm BBC News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407070039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6213890.stm |date=7 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite BAILII |litigants=Derry City Council: Re Application for Judicial Review |link= |country=nie |court=NIHC |division=QB |year=2007 |num=5 |para= |eucase= |parallelcite= |courtname= |juris= }}</ref> British authorities use the name "Londonderry", while "Derry" is used by the [[Republic of Ireland]].
== History ==
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[[File:1837Londonderry.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Map of County Londonderry, 1837]]
===Pre-historicPrehistoric===
The county has a significant of megalithic structures from prehistoric times, including [[Ballygroll Prehistoric Landscape]], as well as numerous others. The most significant site however is [[Mount Sandel Mesolithic site|Mountsandel]], located near Coleraine in County Londonderry is "perhaps the oldest recorded settlement within Ireland".<ref>A.E.P. Collins (1983), "Excavations at Mount Sandel, Lower Site", Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 46 pp1-22. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20567892 JSTOR preview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204131150/http://www.jstor.org/stable/20567892 |date=4 February 2016 }}.</ref><ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2011. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Celtic_Sea?topic=49523 ''Celtic Sea''. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P. Saundry & C.J. Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602040924/http://www.eoearth.org/article/Celtic_Sea?topic=49523 |date=2 June 2013 }}</ref>
===County Coleraine and the Plantation of Ulster===
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The Irish Society was made up of the twelve main livery companies of London, which themselves were composed of various guilds. Whilst The Irish Society as a whole was given possession of the city of Londonderry and Coleraine, the individual companies were each granted an estimated {{Convert|3210|acre|sqmi km2|abbr=on}} throughout the county. These companies and the sites of their headquarters were:<ref name="Robinson209">{{cite book |title=the Plantation of Ulster|first=Philip|last=Robinson|isbn=978-1-903688-00-7|year=2000|publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/hibernicaorsome00irelgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/hibernicaorsome00irelgoog/page/n232 229] |quote=Habberdashers-Hall. |access-date=30 June 2016 |title=Hibernica: or, Some antient places relating to Ireland |year=1770 |publisher=John Milliken |author=Walter Harris}}</ref>
*[[Worshipful Company of Clothworkers|Clothworkers]], based at Killowen and Clothworker's Hall (present-day [[Articlave]]) in the barony of Coleraine;
*[[Worshipful Company of Drapers|Drapers]], based at Draper's Hall, later called Drapers Town (present-day [[Moneymore]]) in the barony of Loughinsholin;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=5704|title=Place Names NI -– Home|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820212256/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=5704|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Worshipful Company of Fishmongers|Fishmongers]], based at Artikelly and Fishermonger's Hall (present-day [[Ballykelly, County Londonderry|Ballykelly]]) in the barony of Keenaght;
*[[Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths|Goldsmiths]], based at Goldsmith's Hall (present-day [[Newbuildings]]) in the barony of Tirkeeran;
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|2021|252231
||footnote=<ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/census|title=Server Error 404 - CSO - Central Statistics Office|access-date=3 September 2009|archive-date=9 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://www.histpop.org {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |date=7 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |date=17 February 2012 }}. Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk (27 September 2010). Retrieved on 23 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite book
||footnote=<ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/census|title=Server Error 404 – CSO – Central Statistics Office|access-date=3 September 2009|archive-date=9 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org |title=Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website |date= |website=www.histpop.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |date=17 February 2012 }}. Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk (27 September 2010). Retrieved on 23 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite book
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==Geography and places of interest==
[[File:Downhill Strand, Derry - Londonderry - geograph.org.uk - 1124323.jpg|thumbnail|Downhill Strand.]]
[[File:Benone Strand.jpg|thumb|Benone Strand, Northern Ireland]]
The highest point in the county is the summit of [[Sawel Mountain]] ({{convert|678|m|ft|0}}) 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 [[River Bann|Bann]] and [[River Foyle|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.
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==Demography==
{{bar box
|title = Religious Background in Londonderry (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3|title=Religion or religion brought up in|last=|website=NISRA|language=en|access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Catholic]]|DarkOrchid|61.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Protestant]] and Other Christian|Blue|32.5}}
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It is one of four [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] in Northern Ireland which currently has a majority of the population from a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] community background, according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]]. At the time of the 2021 census there were 252,231 residents of County Londonderry.<ref name="2021 pop"/> Of these: 61.3% were from a Catholic background, 32.5% were from a Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related), 0.9% were from other religions, and 5.3% had no religious background.<ref name="religion brought up in"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion or religion brought up in (2021 Census)
!Religion or religion brought up in
!Number
!%
|-
|Catholic
|154,621
|61.3%
|-
|Protestant and Other Christian
|81,995
|32.5%
|-
|Other religions
|2,368
|0.9%
|-
|None (no religion)
|13,247
|5.3%
|-
!Total
!252,231
!100.00%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+National identity (2021 Census)<ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) - basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BASIC&~COUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
!National identity
!Number
!(%)
|-
|Irish only
|106,343
|42.2%
|-
|British only
|62,562
|24.8%
|-
|Northern Irish only
|49,764
|19.7%
|-
|British and Northern Irish only
|13,148
|5.2%
|-
|Irish and Northern Irish only
|5,072
|2.0%
|-
|British, Irish and Northern Irish only
|2,475
|1.0%
|-
|British and Irish only
|1,388
|0.6%
|-
|Other identity
|11,477
|4.6%
|-
!Total
!252,231
!100.0%
|-
!All Irish identities
!116,032
!46.0%
|-
!All British identities
!81,097
!32.2%
|-
!All Northern Irish identities
!21,248
!10.9%
|}
== Administration ==
The county was administered by [[Londonderry County Council]] from 1899 until [[Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|the abolition]] of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}</ref> They were replaced by [[Local government in Northern Ireland|district councils]]. These councils were: [[Derry City Council|Londonderry City Council]] (renamed Derry City Council in 1984), [[Limavady Borough Council]], and [[Magherafelt District Council]], most of [[Coleraine Borough Council]], and part of [[Cookstown District Council]]. After a reduction in the number of councils in Northern Ireland in 2011, County Londonderry is divided into three cross-county councils: [[Causeway Coast and Glens]], [[Derry and Strabane]], and [[Mid-Ulster District]].
== Transport ==
[[File:Downhill Railway Runnel - geograph.org.uk - 1197950.jpg|thumb|Downhill Tunnels near [[Castlerock railway station]].]]
[[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink]] provides a [[Northern Ireland Railways]] service in the county, linking [[Derry ~ Londonderry Watersiderailway station|Derry~Londonderry railway station]] to [[Coleraine railway station]] (with a branch to {{stnlnk|Portrush}} on the [[Coleraine–Portrush railway line]]) and onwards into County Antrim to [[Belfast Lanyon Place railway station|Belfast Lanyon Place]] and [[Belfast GreatGrand Victoria Street railwayCentral station|Belfast Great VictoriaGrand StreetCentral]] on the [[Belfast-Derry railway line]].
There is also the [[Foyle Valley Railway]], a museum in [[Derry]] with some rolling stock from both the [[County Donegal Railway]] and the [[Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway]], and is located on the site of the former [[Londonderry Foyle Road railway station]]. The [[Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway]] continued as a private bus company based in the city but operating predominantly in [[County Donegal]] until it closed in 2014. Bus services are now provided by [[Ulsterbus]].
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In association football, the [[NIFL Premiership]], which operates as the top division, has two teams in the county: [[Coleraine F.C.]] and [[Institute F.C.]], with [[Limavady United F.C.]], [[Moyola Park F.C.]], [[Portstewart F.C.]] and [[Tobermore United F.C.]] competing in the [[NIFL Championship]], which operates as levels two and three. [[Derry City F.C.]] play in the [[League of Ireland Premier Division|Premier Division]] of the [[League of Ireland]] after leaving the [[Irish Football Association|Northern Ireland]] structures in 1985, having resigned from the [[NIFL Premiership|Irish Football League]] at the height of [[the Troubles]] because of not being allowed play their home games at the [[Brandywell]] due to security concerns from other clubs.
The [[Northern Ireland Milk Cup]] was established in 1983 and is regarded as one of the most prestigious youth football tournaments in Europe and the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport-in-the-community/MILK-CUP-FOOTBALL-Toyota-sponsor.4327762.jp |title=Newsletter.co.uk |access-date=30 October 2009 |archive-date=30 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730194459/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport-in-the-community/MILK-CUP-FOOTBALL-Toyota-sponsor.4327762.jp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nimilkcup.org/?tabindex=5&tabid=2389|title=SuperCupNI (formerly NI Milk Cup est. 1983) -– Homepage|access-date=30 October 2009|archive-date=9 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809224507/http://www.nimilkcup.org/?tabindex=5&tabid=2389|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manutd.com|title=Official Manchester United Website|access-date=24 September 2021|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210220/http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/First-Team/Anderson.aspx?section=Quote&pageNo=2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/072809aac.html|title=John Trask on U.S. U-18 Staff at Northern Ireland Milk Cup|access-date=30 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717150028/http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/072809aac.html|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The competition is based at [[Coleraine]] and involves several other towns and villages in the county – [[Limavady]], [[Portstewart]] and [[Castlerock]] – and in neighbouring [[County Antrim]] – [[Ballymoney]], [[Portrush]], [[Ballymena]] and [[Broughshane]]. The event, held in the last week of July, has attracted teams from 56 countries around the world including Europe, the US, Africa, the Far East, South America, the Middle East, Australia, Russia, New Zealand and Canada. Some of the biggest teams in the world have entered including Premiership giants [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] as well as top European teams such as [[Feyenoord]], [[F.C. Porto]], [[FC Barcelona]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[Bayern Munich]] and [[Dynamo Kiev]].
In [[rugby union]], the county is represented at senior level by [[Rainey Old Boys Rugby Club, Magherafelt]] who compete in the Ulster Senior League and All Ireland Division Three. Limavady R.F.C, [[City of Derry Rugby Club]], Londonderry Y.M.C.A and Coleraine Rugby Club all compete in Ulster Qualifying League One.