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Counties and regions of NI

  • 25-02-2014 11:57AM
    #1
    site designer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Did people in NI still use counties? I know officially the gov does not for its councils, but locally do people still prefer to reference areas by counties or otherwise?

    If you were searching a website how would you prefer the regions to be broken up? I suppose is what I'm asking


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  • #2
    dwayned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭dwayned


    searching for the likes of houses, stuff on gumtree etc you would still use counties as well as maybe a Belfast option (as Belfast is both Co. Down and Co. Antrim) but it really depends on what the site is being used for


  • #3
    belacqua_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭belacqua_


    6 counties plus Belfast is the norm.


  • #4
    Penfailed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,823 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    site designer wrote: »
    If you were searching a website how would you prefer the regions to be broken up? I suppose is what I'm asking

    Like this \/\/\/
    belacqua_ wrote: »
    6 counties plus Belfast is the norm.

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  • #5
    irish_goat
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    6 Counties + Belfast + Derry. Annoying as hell searching for jobs in Derry and getting ones 50 miles away. I know every county has this problem but Derry is a big enough city to have it's own reference.


  • #6
    Penfailed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,823 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    irish_goat wrote: »
    6 Counties + Belfast + Derry. Annoying as hell searching for jobs in Derry and getting ones 50 miles away. I know every county has this problem but Derry is a big enough city to have it's own reference.

    Fair point.

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  • #7
    site designer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭site designer


    all good stuff, I do have a section for sub regions, though

    for ROI is goes like:

    ROI > Greater Dublin > Dublin City
    ROI > South East > Co. Kilkenny

    So for examples for NI

    NI > Belfast Region > Belfast City
    NI > Co Armagh > ???

    I hit the county area a step earlier, which is an issue


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