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Northern Ireland is part of the and one of the four constituent nations of the . Northern Ireland has the Giant's Causeway, stunning landscapes, vibrant cities, and welcoming locals interested in your own stories.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Belfast and Derry.

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is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. Most of it historically lay in west of the River Lagan, with about a third on the east bank in , but it's always been governed as a separate metropolis, with a population in 2020 of about 630,000.

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or Londonderry is the second city of Northern Ireland, with a population of 85,000 in 2021. It's on the estuary of the River Foyle and historically within , which has been abolished as a unit of governance so the city is now part of and Strabane District.

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The Giant's Causeway is a spectacular series of rock formations on the of Northern Ireland. The main site stretches for 2-3 miles, with some 40,000 basalt columns rising out of the sea.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as County Antrim and County Down.

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is one of the six counties of Ulster in Northern Ireland. It's named for its former county town of Antrim but is no longer a unit of local government, being divided into five Districts.

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is one of the six counties of Ulster that comprise Northern Ireland. It contains part of , the capital and transport hub, so most visitors to the province are destined to pass through.

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is one of the six historic counties of Ulster that in 1921 formed Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. These counties have been abolished as units of local government, and since 2015 Londonderry is administered in three districts: Derry and Strabane, Causeway Coast and Glens, and Mid-Ulster.

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is one of the six counties of Ulster in Northern Ireland. In Irish it's Tír Eoghain, the land of Owen, forerunners of the medieval O'Neill ruling dynasty.

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is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, though these are no longer units of local government, and is divided between two council districts.

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is one of the six historic counties of Northern Ireland, tucked away on the province's western corner. These counties have been abolished and since 2015 the area has been governed within the larger Fermanagh and Omagh District.

Northern Ireland

Latitude of center
54.586° or 54° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
-6.9592° or 6° 57′ 33″ west
Population
1,990,000
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 489592016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2641364
Wiki­data ID
Q26
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Northern Ireland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Ierland”
  • Akan: “Northern Ireland”
  • Albanian: “Irlanda Veriore”
  • Amharic: “ስሜን አየርላንድ”
  • Arabic: “أيرلندا الشمالية”
  • Aragonese: “Irlanda d’o Norte”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Իռլանդիա”
  • Asturian: “Irlanda del Norte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali İrlandiya”
  • Balinese: “Irlandia Kalér”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Ирландия”
  • Basque: “Ipar Irlanda”
  • Bavarian: “Noadirland”
  • Bavarian: “Nordirland”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Ірландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Ірляндыя”
  • Bengali: “উঃ আয়ারল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর আয়ারল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “উত্তরাঞ্চলীয় আয়ারল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “নরলিন এয়ারলান”
  • Betawi: “Irlan Lor”
  • Bhojpuri: “उत्तर आयरलैंड”
  • Bhojpuri: “उत्तरी आयरलैंड”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverna Irska”
  • Breton: “Iwerzhon an Hanternoz”
  • Breton: “Iwerzhon an Norzh”
  • Breton: “Norzhiwerzhon”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Ирландия”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Irlanda del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Ulster”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Ireland”
  • Central Bikol: “Amihanan na Irlanda”
  • Central Bikol: “Irlandya nin Norte”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیرلەندای باکوور”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیرلەندی باکوور”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئێرلەندای باکوور”
  • Chavacano: “Irlanda del Norte”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᏴᏢ ᎠᏲᎳᏂ”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᏴᏢᎠᏲᎳᏂ”
  • Chinese: “Pak Ài-ní-lân”
  • Chinese: “北愛”
  • Chinese: “北愛爾蘭”
  • Chinese: “北爱”
  • Chinese: “北爱尔兰 / 北愛爾蘭”
  • Chinese: “北爱尔兰”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Ирланди”
  • Chuvash: “Ҫурçĕр Ирланди”
  • Cornish: “Wordhen Gledh”
  • Corsican: “Irlanda di u Nordu”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Irska”
  • Czech: “Severní Irsko”
  • Danish: “Nordirland”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İrlanda Zımey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İrlanday Zımey”
  • Dotyali: “उत्तरी आयरल्याण्ड”
  • Dutch: “Noord Ierland”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Ierland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايرلاندا الشماليه”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Irlando”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Iirimaa”
  • Extremaduran: “Irlanda del Norti”
  • Faroese: “Norðurírland”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Irlanti”
  • French: “Irlande du Nord”
  • Galician: “Irlanda do Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ირლანდია”
  • German: “Nordirland”
  • Gilaki: “کلسيايي ايرلند”
  • Goan Konkani: “Ut’tor Ireland”
  • Goan Konkani: “उत्तर आयर्लंड”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ιρλανδία”
  • Guarani: “Yvate Irilánda”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્ધન આયર્લેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Ilann dinò”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Ireland”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Oi-ngì-làn”
  • Hausa: “Ireland ta Arewa”
  • Hausa: “NIR”
  • Hebrew: “אירלנד הצפונית”
  • Hebrew: “צפון אירלנד”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी आयरलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Írország”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Írland”
  • Ido: “Nord-Irlando”
  • Iloko: “Akin-amianan nga Irlanda”
  • Inari Sami: “Tave-Irland”
  • Indonesian: “Irlandia Utara”
  • Interlingua: “Irlanda del Nord”
  • Interlingue: “Nord-Irland”
  • Irish: “Tuaisceart Éireann”
  • Italian: “Irlanda del Nord”
  • Japanese: “北アイルランド”
  • Javanese: “Irlan Lor”
  • Javanese: “Irlandia Lor”
  • Kabiyè: “Irlandɩ Hayɩ Kiŋ”
  • Kabiyè: “Irlandɩ nɛ hayɩ kiŋ”
  • Kabyle: “Irland n Ugafa”
  • Kalmyk: “Ар Гәәлгүдин Таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಐರ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “شُمٲلی آئرلینٛڈ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Ирландия”
  • Khmer: “អៀរឡង់ ខាងជើង”
  • Khmer: “អៀរឡង់ខាងជើង”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Ирландия”
  • Komering: “Irlandia Liba”
  • Korean: “북아일랜드”
  • Kurdish: “Bakurê Îrlandê”
  • Kurdish: “Bakurê Îrlendayê”
  • Kurdish: “Îrlendaya Bakur”
  • Ladin: “Irlanda dl Nord”
  • Lao: “ໄອແລນເໜືອ”
  • Latin: “Hibernia Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļīrija”
  • Ligurian: “Irlanda do Nòrd”
  • Limburgan: “Noord-Ierland”
  • Lingala: “Irlandí ya Nola”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Er Norde”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Airija”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Airijos”
  • Lombard: “Irlanda del Nord”
  • Low German: “Noord-Ierlaand”
  • Low German: “Noordirland”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódpołnocna Irska”
  • Lule Sami: “Nuortta Irlánnda”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nordirland”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Irlanda di Aratsile”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Ирска”
  • Malagasy: “Irlandy Avaratra”
  • Malay: “Ireland Utara”
  • Malay: “ايرلند اوتارا”
  • Malayalam: “നോർത്തേൺ അയർലണ്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ അയർലണ്ട്”
  • Maltese: “Irlanda ta‘ Fuq”
  • Maltese: “Irlanda ta’ Fuq”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯑꯥꯢꯔꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “Nerin Hwoaie”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर आयर्लंड”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی ایرلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báe̤k Ái-ī-làng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Ài-ní-lân”
  • Mingrelian: “თარგი:გოართოიანაფილი ომაფე”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ირლანდია”
  • Mongolian: “Умард Ирланд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “إيرلاندا الشمالية”
  • Narom: “Irlande du Nord”
  • Neapolitan: “Irlanna d’o Nord”
  • Neapolitan: “Irlanna d"o Nord”
  • Nepali: “उत्तर आयरल्यान्ड”
  • Nepali: “उत्तरी आयरल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdirlun/fe”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdirlun”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvi-Irlánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Irland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Irland”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Irland”
  • Novial: “Nordi Irlande”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Irlanda del Nòrd”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norðerne Īrland”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Ирланди”
  • Pa'o Karen: “အုဲင်ယာလန်ထင်ꩻခမ်းထီ”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡ”
  • Persian: “ایرلند شمالی”
  • Picard: “Irlinde du Nord”
  • Piemontese: “Irlanda dël Nòrd”
  • Polish: “Irlandia Północna”
  • Polish: “Northern Ireland”
  • Polish: “Tuaisceart Éireann”
  • Portuguese: “Irlanda do Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالي ایرلنډ”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Ilanda”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Irihallp’a”
  • Romanian: “Irlanda de Nord”
  • Romansh: “Irlanda dal Nord”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хойто Ирланд”
  • Russian: “Северная Ирландия”
  • Sardinian: “Irlanda de su Norte”
  • Sardinian: “Irlanda de su Norti”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Noudirlound”
  • Scots: “Albainis Uladh”
  • Scots: “Norlin Airlan”
  • Scots: “Norlin Airlann”
  • Scots: “Northren Airlan”
  • Scots: “Northren Ireland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Èirinn a Tuath”
  • Serbian: “NIR”
  • Serbian: “UKN”
  • Serbian: “Северна Ирска”
  • Serbian: “Сјеверна Ирска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Severna Irska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Śeverna Irska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Irska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Северна Ирска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “С́еверна Ирска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Сјеверна Ирска”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢၢႆႇယႃႇလႅၼ်ႇႁွင်ႇ”
  • Sicilian: “Irlanna dû nord”
  • Sicilian: “Irlanna dû Nord”
  • Sindhi: “اتر آئرلينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු අයර්ලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Irlantt”
  • Slovak: “Severné Írsko”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Irska”
  • Somali: “Waqooyiga Ayrland”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شومالی ایرلند”
  • Southern Altai: “Тӱндӱк Ирландия”
  • Spanish: “Irlanda del N.”
  • Spanish: “Irlanda del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Irlanda Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “N. Irlanda”
  • Spanish: “Norirlanda”
  • Spanish: “Norlin Airlann”
  • Spanish: “Tuaisceart Éireann”
  • Sundanese: “Irlandia Kalér”
  • Swahili: “Eire Kaskazini”
  • Swahili: “Eire ya Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Nordirland”
  • Swiss German: “Nordirland”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Irlanda”
  • Tajik: “Ирландияи Шимолӣ”
  • Talysh: “Kobəsonə Irlandijə”
  • Talysh: “Xaremə İrlandiyə”
  • Tamil: “நொர்தேர்ந் இரேலண்ட்”
  • Tamil: “வட அயர்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Ирландия”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర ఐర్లండ్”
  • Tetum: “Irlanda Norte”
  • Thai: “Northern Ireland”
  • Thai: “นอร์เทิร์นไอร์แลนด์”
  • Thai: “ไอร์แลนด์เหนือ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Noten Aialan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAealani Tokelau”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Nordirland”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey İrlanda”
  • Turkmen: “Demirgazyk Irlandiýa”
  • Udmurt: “Уйпал Ирландия”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Ірландія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewjerna Irska”
  • Urdu: “شمالی آئرلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Irlandiya”
  • Venetian: “Irlanda del Nord”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Ireland”
  • Vlaams: “Nôord-Ierland”
  • Vlax Romani: “Nordutno Irland”
  • Volapük: “Nolüda-Lireyän”
  • Walloon: “Bijhe-Irlande”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Irlanda”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Iwerddon”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Ierlân”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا آئرلینڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی آئرلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “北爱尔兰”
  • Xhosa: “Northern Ireland”
  • Yakut: “Хотугу Ирландия”
  • Yiddish: “צפון אירלאנד”
  • Yoruba: “Írẹ́lándì Apáàríwá”
  • Yue Chinese: “北愛爾蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Noord-Ierland”
  • “Irlanda di Aratsile”
  • “ma Northern Ireland”
  • “ma Notalan”
  • “उत्तरी आयरलैंड”

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