Cashel In Ireland, the term city has somewhat differing meanings in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Historically, city status in the United...
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letters patent. A city with a cathedral is often termed a cathedral city. City status in Ireland was granted to far fewer communities than in England and Wales...
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buildings. City status in Belgium City status in Indonesia City status in Ireland City status in Italy City status in Sweden City status in the United...
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of 1973. In Northern Ireland, only the seat of the Primate of All Ireland at Armagh was accorded city status by ancient usage, and this status was abolished...
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official status of the Irish language has remained high in the Republic of Ireland from foundation. This reflects the dominance of the language in Irish cultural...
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Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold; see City status in Ireland for an independent list. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C...
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Settlements in bold have city status. List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland List of localities in Northern Ireland by population List of places in Northern...
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List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland. For more information on city status, see City status in Ireland. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the...
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Dublin (redirect from Dublin City, Ireland)
capital of the Irish Free State, renamed Ireland in 1937. As of 2018[update], the city was listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network...
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Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does...
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City status in Italy is granted by the President of Italy (or by King of Italy before 1946) to select municipalities in virtue of their historical, artistic...
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Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. They play in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top...
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(Irish: Corcaigh [ˈkɔɾˠkəɟ]; from corcach, meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in...
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Belfast which in Northern Ireland had the same legal status as the six counties until the reorganisation of local government in 1973. Notes Irish county constituencies...
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county, a city with county status, formerly in Great Britain and Ireland Independent city Metropolitan county, urban county designation in England since...
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of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland and was re-granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 (having lost that status in local...
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Armagh (redirect from List of schools in Armagh City)
(/ɑːrˈmɑː/ ar-MAH; Irish: Ard Mhacha, IPA: [ˌaːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈwaxə], "Macha's height") is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, as well as...
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Belfast (redirect from Belfast, Ireland)
/-fɑːst/ -fahst; from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of...
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ministers. The Irish Free State was created with Dominion status in 1922, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In 1937, a new constitution was adopted, in which the...
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Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east...
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has eight cities. Edinburgh is the capital city and Glasgow is the most populous. Scottish towns were granted burghs or royal burgh status by Scottish...
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which all have city status. Settlements with city status are shown in bold. Districts are local government districts as established in April 2015. List...
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Bangor, County Down (redirect from Bangor, Northern Ireland)
was granted city status in 2022, becoming Northern Ireland's sixth city. Bangor Abbey was an important and influential monastery founded in the 6th century...
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The Troubles (redirect from The Troubles in Northern Ireland)
over the status of Northern Ireland. Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain...
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the League of Ireland Cup, it had a lower status than the FAI Cup and was therefore seen as the third most important trophy in the Irish playing season...
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Derry (redirect from Londonderry, Northern Ireland)
largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. The old walled city lies on...
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apply in these cases. Some local legal entity types such as communities in Scotland or townlands in Northern Ireland do not at present hold city status. The...
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flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na hÉireann), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' (an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour...
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the Northern Irish government from 1953 until the government and parliament were abolished in 1973. Since then, it has had no official status. However, it...
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Galway (redirect from Galway, Ireland)
Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ GAWL-way; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡal̠ʲɪvʲ]) is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib...
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