County Londonderry was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800. County Londonderry's name is a subject of dispute; "Londonderry" is generally preferred by the unionists and "Derry" by the nationalists. The county was formed mainly from the old County Coleraine. The place name Derry is an anglicization of the Old Irish Daire (Modern Irish Doire), meaning "oak-grove" or "oak-wood." County Coleraine was one of the counties from 1585 to 1613 named after the town Coleraine, established between the rivers Bann and Foyle in 1585 during the reign of Elizabeth. It was later replaced mainly by County Londonderry but kept the town name Coleraine in 1613.","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","County Kilkenny (Kilkenny, Contae Chill Chainnigh)
Located in the South East region, it is part of the province of Leinster and bordered by Tipperary, Waterford, Carlow, Wexford, and Laois. County Kilkenny was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraighe). Kilkenny is the anglicized version of the Irish Cill Chainnigh, meaning Church (Cell) of Cainneach or Canice, believed to be related to the church and round tower, now St Canice's Cathedral. The Kingdom of Ossory existed from the 2nd century until the 13th century AD. There are many beautiful architectural buildings and attractions within the County of Kilkenny to explore.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Northumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/castle1.webp","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_kilkenny.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Cuddy","sU":"CUDDIE","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/CUDDIE/EN/Cuddy/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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