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- Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
- Prime Minister (HMG) Theresa Mary May
- Secretary of State (HMG) Theresa Villiers
Legislature Northern Ireland Assembly

Devolution
- Government of Ireland Act 3 May 1921
- Constitution Act 18 July 1973

- Northern Ireland Act 17 July 1974
- Northern Ireland Act 19 November 1998
Population
- 2014 estimate 1,837,938

- 2011 census 1,810,863
Currency pound sterling (GBP)
Border countries Republic of Ireland

Flag The Red Hand Flag
The Tricolour [‘tr kələ] (green-
white-orange)

The official Flag of Northern
Ireland is the Union Jack

Northern Ireland is a province and one of four constituent parts of the
United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Ireland, where it shares a land
border with the Republic of Ireland.
Geography. Northern Ireland is composed of 26 districts, derived from

the boroughs ([‘b rə] невелике місто, яке має самоврядування) of Belfast
and Londonderry and the 6 counties of Antrim, Ar’magh, Down,
Fer’managh, Londonderry, and Tyrone [tı rə n]. Together they are

commonly called Ulster, though the territory does not include the entire
ancient province of Ulster. It is slightly larger than Connecticut.
History. Northern Ireland was created as a separate legal entity on 3
May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The new autonomous

Northern Ireland was formed from six of the nine counties of Ulster, four
counties with unionist majorities, and Fermanagh and Tyrone, two of the five
Ulster counties which had nationalist majorities. In large part unionists, at

least in the northeast, supported its creation while nationalists were opposed.
Subsequently, on 6 December 1922, the whole island of Ireland became an
independent dominion known as the Irish Free State but Northern Ireland

immediately exercised its right to opt out of the new dominion [də’m njən].

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