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You have probably arrived here from our sister Dating site AdultEncounter.co.uk. This is our mainstream online dating site Datable.co.uk. Should you wish to return to AdultEncounter.co.uk then please click on the link directly above. It is our wish to offer you as much dating choice as possible and to that end we welcome you to our hugely popular UK dating service. We at Datable.co.uk are able to offer single men and women throughout Ulster the opportunity to find their perfect match. Our amazing national coverage extends to all the Ulster regions, counties, cities and towns. So finding your ideal partner couldn't be easier. From the menu above, start off by searching for men or women, then select the age range of the person you'd like to date. So, if you're a man looking for a woman around 30 years of age, we'd suggest you go for an age range of between 25 and 35. Next click the area of Ulster where you'd like you're ideal date to reside. Most of our daters tend to choose their own county, preferring to look for love within 75 miles of their home town. Now click on the search button and you'll see profiles and photos of single men and women in your chosen area. It's free to join our online personals service and only takes a few minutes to sign up. So whether you're looking for dating in Armagh, Belfast, Derry, Lisburn, Newry or elsewhere in Ulster - you'll find your perfect partner maybe just a click away. We already have over a million members, with many more joining every day. This is the perfect Ulster dating site to find an Ulster date close to where you live. Hurry, don't delay, for a date in Ulster, join us for free today!

Ulster Counties Cities and Towns - View our members available for dating in:

	Belfast	Derry	Omagh	County Antrim	County Armagh
	County Down	County Fermanagh	County Londonderry	County Tyrone

Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city, Belfast has an urban area of over half a million inhabitants. Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Londonderry (Doire) (formerly known as County Coleraine before being renamed and expanded during the Plantation of Ulster) and Tyrone (Tír Eoghain), form Northern Ireland, and remained part of the United Kingdom after the partition of Ireland in 1921. Three Ulster counties, Cavan (An Cabhán), Donegal (Dún na nGall) and Monaghan (Muineachán) form part of the Republic of Ireland. About half of Ulster's population lives in Counties Antrim and Down. Many inhabitants (especially unionists) refer to the six-county Northern Ireland as "Ulster". Across the nine counties, according to the aggregate UK 2001 Census and Irish 2002 Census, there is a very slim Catholic plurality over Protestant (49% against 48%), but not an overall majority (people of "no religion" or those "not stating" religion making up the balance).

Most people in Ulster speak English. Irish is the next most commonly spoken language; some 10% of people in Northern Ireland have "some knowledge of Irish", while the language is taught in all schools in the counties that are part of the Republic. In responses to the 2001 census in Northern Ireland 10% of the population claimed "some knowledge of Irish", 4.7% to "speak, read, write and understand" Irish. Large parts of County Donegal are Gaeltacht areas where Irish is the first language and some people in west Belfast also speak Irish, especially in the 'Gaeltacht Quarter'[3]. The dialect of Irish (Gaeilge) most commonly spoken in Ulster (especially throughout Northern Ireland and County Donegal) is Gaeilge Tír Chonaill or Donegal Irish, also known as Gaeilge Uladh or Ulster Irish. Donegal Irish has many similarities to Scottish Gaelic. Cantonese forms the third most common language, mostly due to the considerable Chinese community of Belfast, the province's largest city. Belfast has more Chinese restaurants per capita than any other European city[citation needed]. Ulster Scots (a dialect of Scots which is also sometimes known as Ullans) is widely spoken in rural areas throughout Northern Ireland and the east of County Donegal.

Some sources refer to the inhabitants of Ulster as Ultonians — from the traditional Latin form of the name of the province: Ultonia. In the past however, the word Ullish has also been used as an adjective to describe people and things from Ulster. The words Ulsterman and Ulstermen are also used, and the Gaelic word for someone from Ulster is Ultach.

The biggest lake in Ireland, and in the UK, Lough Neagh, lies in eastern Ulster. The province's highest point, Slieve Donard (848 metres), stands in County Down. The most northerly point of Ireland, Malin Head is in Ulster but not in Northern Ireland — it is in County Donegal as is the highest (601 metres) sea cliffs in Europe, at Slieve League. The longest river in Ireland, the Shannon, rises in County Cavan. Volcanic activity in eastern Ulster led to the formation of the Antrim Plateau and the Giant's Causeway, one of Ireland's three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The geographical centre of Ulster lies between the villages of Pomeroy and Carrickmore in County Tyrone. In terms of area, County Donegal is the largest county in all of Ulster. The two largest cities in the province are Belfast and Derry. Belfast is Ireland's second largest city.

Ulster's main airport is Belfast International Airport (popularly called Aldergrove Airport), which is located at Aldergrove, near Antrim Town, in County Antrim. George Best Belfast City Airport (sometimes referred to as "the City Airport" or "the Harbour Airport") is the other, smaller airport in that city. It is located at Sydenham in East Belfast. The City of Derry Airport is located at Eglinton on the eastern outskirts of the city of Derry and is a major airport for the city and its district, West Tyrone and County Donegal.

County/City Population Area
County Antrim 616,384 2,844 km²
County Armagh 126,803 1,254 km²
County Cavan 56,546 1,931 km²
County Donegal 137,575 4,841 km²
County Down 410,487 2,448 km²
County Fermanagh 54,033 1,691 km²
County Londonderry 211,669 2,074 km²
County Monaghan 52,593 1,294 km²
County Tyrone 158,460 3,155 km²
Grand Total 1,993,918 24,481 km²

Cities & towns over 30,000
In order of size:

Belfast (275,000)
Derry (90,000)
Bangor (80,000)
Lisburn (70,000)
Newtownabbey (60,000)
Craigavon (60,000)
Newry (40,000)
Ballymena (30,000)
Carrickfergus (30,000)
Newtownards (30,000)
Portadown (30,000)

Some of the above text is taken from the free online encyclopedia wikipedia.org - The accuracy of any facts cannot be confirmed.