County Coleraine
| County Coleraine | |||||||||
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| Former County of Ireland | |||||||||
| 1585–1613 | |||||||||
 Map of Ulster in 1585 | |||||||||
| Capital | Coleraine | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1611 | Thomas Phillips | ||||||||
| Historical era | Tudor conquest of Ireland | ||||||||
• Established | 1585 | ||||||||
• Incorporated into County Londonderry | 1613 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Northern Ireland | ||||||||
55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
County Coleraine, called the County of Colerain in the earliest documents,[1] was one of the counties of Ireland from 1585 to 1613. It was named after its intended county town, Coleraine. It was later subsumed into County Londonderry along with a big part of the once larger County Tyrone and small territories from County Donegal and County Antrim.
Foundation and extent
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Towards a new county
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English control of the territory remained nominal until after the
The area for planting included:
- the entirety of County Coleraine
- the barony of Loughinsholin which comprised the then north of County Tyrone and the environs of Coleraine in County Antrim, together called O'Cahan's Country
- a small area of County Donegal around Lough Foyle
In 1613, this larger area became incorporated into the newly founded County Londonderry, although its county town was Coleraine.
References
- ^ Hill, George. The Fall of Irish Chiefs and Clans; The Conquest of Ireland. Irish Roots Cafe, 2004. p.97
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