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Coleraine (from the Irish: Cúil Raithin meaning "Ferny corner") is a large town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann. It is 55 miles (90 km) north–west of Belfast and 30 miles (50 km) east of Derry City, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections. George Best Belfast City Airport to the south–east, City of Derry Airport, 25 miles (36 km) to the west, and the main regional airport, Belfast International Airport, to the south are all relatively accessible from Coleraine. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ...
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During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ...
Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ...
For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ...
Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. ...
Coleraine Borough Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ...
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East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ...
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
The River Bann is the largest river in Northern Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
Derry City can refer to: the Northern Ireland city of Derry/Londonderry and its local authority Derry City Council Derry City FC, an association football club playing in Northern Ireland. ...
Belfast City Tower George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is an airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
City of Derry Airport Entrance. ...
Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport located some 21 kilometres (13 miles) northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ...
Coleraine had a population of 24,042 people in the 2001 Census. Disposable income is well above the Northern Ireland average. The North Coast (Coleraine/Limavady) area of Northern Ireland has the highest property prices in the province, higher indeed than those of affluent South Belfast (according to the University of Ulster Quarterly House Price Index report produced in partnership with Bank of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - March 2006). Championship golf courses, scenic countryside and a host of leisure facilities and attractions are all on the doorstep. It has an attractive town centre, a marina and the prestigious Riverside theatre. Coleraine, during the day is a busy town, however at night the town is relatively quiet, with much of the night life in the area located in the nearby seaside towns of Portrush and Portstewart. UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...
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The Riverside Theatre a prestigious theatre located at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...
The setting of Coleraine, at the lowest bridgeable point of the River Bann, where the river is a quarter of a mile wide, is impressive. The town square is called 'The Diamond'; the Town Hall and the nearby St. Patrick's Church of Ireland are both located there. The University was built in the 1960s but is one of the better pieces of architecture from that era and has brought a high quality theatrical space to the town in the form of the Riverside Theatre, where the quality of production often belies the small size of the town. The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...
University of Ulster Logo The Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster (UUC) is the administration headquarters of the University and is the most traditional in outlook, with a focus on science and the humanities. ...
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The Riverside Theatre a prestigious theatre located at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
Coleraine town centre has seen unprecedented growth in recent years[citation needed]. It is the major commercial centre in the North East of the province and has been designated as a major growth area in the Northern Ireland Development Strategy. Although the population of the town is only 24,000, Coleraine has a large catchment area. Over 251,000 people live within a 30 minute drive of the town making it one of the most important towns in Northern Ireland[citation needed]. The town also has the advantage of being near some of the most extraordinary landscape in the whole of Europe. In 2002, Coleraine won the Best Kept Town and Ulster in Bloom awards. In 2003, it was selected to represent Northern Ireland in the prestigious Britain in Bloom competition. It has its own local radio station: Q97.2FM World map showing the location of Europe. ...
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Despite having a large unionist majority, the town "has generally good relations between the main communities".[1] The Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operates a rotation for position of Mayor/Deputy Mayor between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Democratic Unionist Party and the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Coleraine Borough Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ...
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The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP â Irish: Páirtà Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ...
History
Coleraine has a long history of settlement. The Mesolithic site at Mount Sandel, which dates from approximately 5935 BC[2] is the earliest evidence of human settlement on the island of Ireland. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 1141 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Coleraine Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or...
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Mount Sandel is an iron age fort in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
The town was one of the two urban communities developed by the London Companies in County Londonderry (hence, Londonderry) in the Plantation of Ulster at the start of the 17th century. The slightly skewed street pattern of Coleraine's town centre is legacy of that early exercise in town planning, along with traces of the lines of the ramparts that provided the Plantation town with its defences. With some industrialisation, the expansion of the river port, and the development of the railway, the town expanded significantly throughout the 19th century and into the early part of the 20th century. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
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Coleraine steadily expanded after the Second World War. The population doubled due to major industrial development on extensive suburban sites, the decision to site the New University in the town, the expansion of commerce and the development of sporting and recreational facilities. There has been a steady expansion of the urban area from the mid 20th century compact town of less than 1¼ square miles (2 km²), to the present much more dispersed town of about 7 square miles (11 km²). Since 1980 growth has continued but at a slightly more modest pace. In the twenty years to 2001 the town’s population increased by 22% to approximately 24,000, but the rate of increase fell from 12% in the 1980s to 8% in the 1990s.[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The Troubles For more information see The Troubles in Coleraine, which includes a list of incidents in Coleraine during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles in Coleraine recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...
Places of interest The east side of the town is distinguished by Mountsandel Forest, which contains the impressive Mount Sandel fort, an ancient site which has been claimed as the oldest site of human settlement in Ireland. Here wooden houses dating from about 7000 BC were uncovered[citation needed]. The fort can be accessed via Mountsandel forest, the closest entrance being the side near the Coleraine Courthouse. Mount Sandel is an iron age fort in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
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There is another fort about 2 miles south from Mountsandel one near a small village called the Loughan. The entrance to the slightly smaller fort can be found on the right hand side of the road as you go down the Loughan Hill.
Administration Coleraine also has the headquarters of Coleraine Borough Council which are situated in a splendid position overlooking the River Bann. Coleraine Borough Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ...
The River Bann is the largest river in Northern Ireland. ...
Overlooking the River Bann The Borough Council area together with the neighbouring district of Limavady, forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. This is despite some of the borough, including Coleraine itself, are actually in County Antrim. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 1607 KB)[edit] Summary Daniel Keenan, My own photograph [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...
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Tourism Coleraine is the main town or “Capital” of the world famous Causeway Coast, which attracts over two million visitors per year, spending in excess of £37 million[citation needed]. The world famous Giant's Causeway is a twenty–five minute bus ride away. The little distillery village of Bushmills is well-served by buses from the town and there is a little steam train running in the summer from Bushmills to the Giant's Causeway. Portrush, which is part of the Borough, is fifteen minutes on the train north of the town and is Northern Ireland's principal seaside resort, with not one but two long strands of beach complete with sand dunes. Also north of Coleraine is the spectacularly scenic coastal town of Portstewart, with fine sandy beach and coastal walks. The Giants Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption. ...
Bushmills (IrishHOME OF RICHARD McALLISTER Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ...
The Giants Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...
North-west of Coleraine lies the small village of Castlerock, with a beach which is essentially a continuation of the beach at Portstewart, separated by the River Bann. Also nearby is the huge beach at Benone Strand and Mussenden Temple, built by Frederick Augustus Hervey, an 18th century Anglican bishop atop a precipitate cliff and overlooking County Donegal in one direction and Scotland in another. The National Trust managed Downhill forest was part of the Bishop's Palace, and although the Palace itself is now a ruin the gardens are a wonderful place full of strange hidden lakes and gloriously tended flower gardens. Castlerock is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. It is situated between Coleraine and Londonderry and is very popular with summer tourists, having numerous apartment blocks and two caravan sites. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...
Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on the cliffs of Binevenagh, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland. ...
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David Cunningham was born in Coleraine Northern Ireland [] in 1954 and lives and works in London. ...
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Andrew Trimble (born 20 October 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
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Mount Sandel is an iron age fort in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
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Coleraine Academical Institution or Coleraine Inst. ...
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Education Coleraine has an outstanding variety of educational institutions at all levels. Most notably a major campus of The University of Ulster is located just outside the town. This was in fact the original campus of what was originally the New University of Ulster but which became the University of Ulster following its merger with the former Ulster Polytechnic at Jordanstown just north of Belfast in the early 1980s. It is a world-class centre of research for biomedical sciences. The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ...
Jordanstown is an area of housing in Northern Ireland, between the areas of Whiteabbey and Monkstown. ...
The Causeway Institute is a College of Further and Higher Education based in Coleraine, with another campus in nearby Ballymoney. The Causeway Institute is located on two campuses, Coleraine and Ballymoney. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 55. ...
The local schools include: Coleraine Academical Institution or Coleraine Inst. ...
Coleraine High School is an all-girls grammar school located in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...
Killowen Primary School is a primary school located in the centre of Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...
Loreto College is a Roman Catholic grammar school situated in the Castlerock Road area of Coleraine on the north coast of Northern Ireland. ...
Sport Coleraine FC are the only main sports team in the town to play in the top league available to them in Northern Ireland. CLG Eoghan Rua Cúil Raithin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Coleraine. ...
Coleraine F.C. is a Northern Irish football club playing in the Irish Premier League (IPL). ...
The North West 200 is a motor cycle race-meeting held each May in Northern Ireland using public roads. ...
Coleraine Rugby Football and Cricket Club are an amateur Rugby and Cricket club based in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. ...
Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland is the only golf club outside of Great Britain which has hosted The Open Championship, the oldest of golfs major championships. ...
Portstewart Golf Club consists of three 18-hole courses situated in the town of Portstewart on the north coast of Northern Ireland. ...
2001 Census Coleraine is classified as a Large Town (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people).[5] On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 24,042 people living in Coleraine. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
- 24.6% were aged under 16 years and 16.4% were aged 60 and over
- 47.3% of the population were male and 52.7% were female
- 22.7% were from a Catholic background and 73.5% were from a Protestant background
- 4.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
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Coleraine internationally As with many Irish towns, Coleraine is duplicated across the world - Coleraine in Minnesota, United States for example. In 1853, a surveyor named Lindsay Clarke was working on a township called Bryans Creek Crossing in Victoria, Australia. He renamed the town Coleraine.[6] Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area Ranked 12th - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 8. ...
A wine from New Zealand, Te Mata Estate's Coleraine Cabernet/Merlot, is named after the town.[7]
See also [[]] Country of origin Northern Ireland Region, town Londonderry, Coleraine Source of milk Cows Pasteurized Frequently Texture hard/semi-hard Aging time 3-4 months depending on variety Certification ? Coleraine Cheddar is a cheese made in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and distributed by Castlewood Farm Products Ltd. ...
The County of Coleraine, also known as County Coleraine, was a county of Ireland. ...
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OCahan (Irish: à Catháin) is the name of a significant clan in Ulster, a province of Ireland. ...
The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ...
References - ^ http://www.planningni.gov.uk/areaplans_policy/plans/Northern/draft_plan/Volume2/Part5/Coleraine/DevelopmentContext.htm Planning service Draft Northern Area Plan, Accessed 27 December, 2006
- ^ The Statesman's Yearbook 2007, Macmillan Publishing, page 678, edited by Barry Turner, ISBN 10-1403992762/ISBN 13-97814039092765
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- ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
- ^ http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/urbanreport.pdf NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Accessed 27 December, 2006
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Coleraine/2005/02/17/1108500206358.html Accessed on 27 December, 2006
- ^ http://www.temata.co.nz/TemataColeraine.asp Accessed 26 December 2006
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External links - Coleraine Borough Council
- Coleraine Community Safety Partnership
- Coleraine Youth Forum
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