Hi, Just coming to this late (had a long Christmas break away from everything) but I just wanted to point out that, in fact, EVERY county in both Northern Ireland (which is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Republic of Ireland (which is not) uses the County Prefix, e.g., I live in County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland, many of my ancestors came from County Fermanagh in (what is now) Northern Ireland. In speech, the Co. prefix is not universally used, but almost always used in more formal speech or writing. In the whole island of Ireland there are only 32 counties, 6 in N. I. and 26 in Rep. of I.
Of course, there is always an exception (Ireland is full of contradictions and exceptions!). When using an address in a town/city of the same name as the county, the county name is not generally quoted. Let me give an example ot illustrate: I was born in Sligo town, which is in County Sligo, and my address there was always quoted as, "[...] Road, Sligo" (note that the County is not mentioned here, but is a given). I now live in a small town in County Sligo, and my current address is, "[...], Ballymote, Co. Sligo". Hope this clarifies things for somebody. Regards, Bliain Nua faoi mhaise dhaoibh (Happy New year in Irish) Dermot. On 27/12/06, Alastair Lack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip>
There's the odd Irish exception to the County as well - e.g. County Down.
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