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While road signs in the Republic of Ireland use "Derry", the Central Statistics Office uses "Londonderry" in publications which include Northern Ireland data supplied by Northern Ireland authorities.[1]

Ordnance Survey Ireland maps retained "Londonderry" for decades,[2] in part due to a lack of funding for a comprehensive revision of earlier surveys.[3] Half-inch map first edition was 1911, last was 1971; Sheet 1 mostly covered Free State/Republic but reached as far as "Derry" (city and county).[4] Discovery series from later 1980s, sheet 7 covering "Londonderry" was OSNI only. First edition of Road Atlas of Ireland in 1980s used what? Current all-island maps produced in conjunction with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (now Land & Property Services) use "Derry/Londonderry/Doire".

OSI using "Derry" for city and county:

  • half-inch index (Harvard dates 1962–68, which I guess is when the edition was produced, and hence also the index)
  • one-inch index (Harvard dates 1856–1914, but that is clearly when the maps were produced; I surmise the index is same time as half-inch index, hence 1960s)
  • Discovery 1:50k index (itself dated Jan 1998)

Statutes

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Pre-partitition statute using "Derry" for city:

Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1952/act/5/enacted/en/print.html:

  • sec 3
    • "the Foyle Area” means the area comprising the fishery district, originally created and defined as the Londonderry District by an order made on the 9th day of July, 1855
  • Sched 2 [Draft terms of Agreement]
    • sec 3
      • rentcharge of £250 per annum settled upon the Lord Bishop of Derry and his successors for ever by Statute 3 and 4 Anne Chapter 1
    • Annex
      • sec 1
        • the Fort of Culmore in the Townland of Culmore Parish of Templemore Barony of North West Liberties of Londonderry and County of Londonderry
      • sec 2
        • which premises are in the Townland of Culmore Parish of Templemore Barony of the North West Liberties of Londonderry and County of Londonderry
      • sec 3
        • situate near Rosses Bay in the Townland of Caw, Parish of Clondermot, Barony of Tirkeeran and County of Londonderry
  • Sched 3 [The Foyle Fisheries Commission]
    • sec 3
      • where the southernmost boundary of the County of Derry meets the river
    • sec 16
      • the persons who, immediately before that date, were employed by the Moville Board or the board of conservators for the Londonderry District

The corresponding Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 has the same text except http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1952/5/schedule/THIRD/paragraph/3 where the southernmost boundary of the county of Londonderry meets the river

Post-partition using "Derry":

Post-partition using "Londonderry":

References

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  1. ^ e.g.
    • "Table 7.5: Most popular free visitor attractions, 2006". Ireland, North and South: A Statistical Profile (PDF). Central Statistics Office. 2008. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4064-2060-9. Retrieved 15 March 2020.;
    • "Appendix: Northern Ireland". Statistical Abstract of Ireland 1988 (PDF). Government Publications. Vol. Pl.5715. Central Statistics Office. December 1988. pp. 386, 387, 400. ISBN 0 7076 0036 7. ISSN 0790-9381. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
    • "Appendix: The Six Counties". Statistical Abstract of Ireland 1955 (PDF). Government Publications. Vol. Pr.3018. Central Statistics Office. 1956. pp. 304, 305, 310. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^
  3. ^ Andrews, John H. (2002). A paper landscape : the Ordnance Survey in nineteenth-century Ireland (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-85182-664-3.
  4. ^ See index map at "Half-inch map of Ireland". Catalogue. NLA. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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