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Why does Northern Ireland have "Co" at the start of alot of places?

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E.g.

Co Antrim

Co Armagh

Co Derry

Co Down

Co Fermanagh

Co Tyrone

Why?

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The whole of Eire has 32 counties which includes Northern Ireland, Co is short for County.
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Co stands for county, the same as the republic

Up Armagh!
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Ireland places a "Co." before the county name.  "Co." is short for "County"....

eg:  Co. Down,  Co. Cavan, Co. Derry, Co. Louth.
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Stands for county.... =]

{Co. Derry....!!}
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it stands for county, the same way in England a lot of places end in shire, it means county as well.
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It's the same in the Republic of Ireland, it stands for County. Counties are the regions Ireland is divided into. Each of them has its own administration that deals with many local matters.
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Co stands for county and it is put in front of the place name to differentiate it from the town of the same name.

For example, if you said you were from Larne in Antrim it might confuse people as there is nowhere called Larne in Antrim town, but there is a town called Larne in County Antrim etc
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Co is short for County. The Norman/English divided the Island into 32 counties in the 1400s

6 counties are still part of the UK
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It's short for "county". It happens everywhere in Ireland!
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hahah, it stands for county

its universall though throughout all of ireland not just in the northh
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