There is also a branch from Coleraine to Portrush.

He also played for Celtic 1948-1958, Middlesbrough 1958-1960, St. Mirren 1961-1963, Partick Thistle 1963, Alloa 1963, Fraserburgh 1963-1964, Coleraine 1964 and Bangor 1964-1965 before becoming manager of Kilmarnock FC 1973-1977.

In addition, many young people from the county attend third-level institutions elsewhere in Ireland, especially in Derry and also at the University of Ulster at Coleraine ( U. U. C.

He was also one of the commissioners to negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indian confederacy at Coleraine, Georgia on June 29, 1796.

* Coleraine was also the home of Andrew Bonar Law, Prime minister of the United Kingdom for a short period in the 1920s.

Ulsterbus also run connections from Portrush railway station to Portstewart as well as Coleraine railway station.

The town has also houses many of the students from the nearby Coleraine Campus of the University of Ulster and has a vibrant social and cultural life.

The Lower Bann was also navigable to Coleraine and the Antrim coast, and the short Coalisland Canal provided a route for coal transportation.

There are also Innovation Centres at Coleraine and Magee which provide incubation support to developing spin-out and spin-in companies.

The internationally acclaimed School of Biomedical Science is based at Coleraine as is the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health ( NICHE ). The Coleraine campus also hosts the only optometry school in Northern Ireland and is indeed one of only two on the island of Ireland.

It was also particularly active in the town of Coleraine.

: There is also a village called Ringsend near Coleraine in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Government responded by retaining the former NCC main line, which was slightly the shorter of the two but also served strongly Unionist parts of County Antrim, plus the short branch between Coleraine and the seaside resort of.

Fairbairn 2-2-2s were to be found on the Ballymena Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway but this company also favoured Sharp locomotives which were double framed 2-4-0s.

Ballymena United made a blistering start in their first season in the Premier League in 1997 – 98 and looked to be genuine title challengers by Christmas time as they topped the table after a stunning 4 – 3 victory over reigning Champions Crusaders – which also meant one of the biggest crowds in years at Warden Street for the Boxing Day derby against Coleraine ; with an estimated 7, 000 strong crowd packing into the Showgrounds.

Alan Fraser was relieved of his duties for failing to meet the ambitions of the United board just hours after the final League game of the season, which also proved to be long-serving Dessie Loughery ’ s last game as he made a controversial move to Coleraine after 11 years at the Braid.

Coleraine also won the first two Blaxnit all-Ireland cups in 1969 and 1970.

That season they also reached the semi-finals of the Intermediate Cup ( where they beat RUC on penalties at the Coleraine Showgrounds ), meaning they had earned themselves a place in the first round of the Irish Cup.

Their Irish Cup first round match against Coleraine also did not go exactly how they would have liked, Coleraine were 2-1 winners.

McCann also signed Coleraine player Jonny Harkness, Cliftonville player Aaron Smyth, and Crusaders player Ryan McCann.

It is a neighbourhood of Brampton northwest of Claireville, and also consists of the neighbourhoods of Alloa and Coleraine.

The university was built at Coleraine as part of the UK government's expansion of higher education in the 1960s.

The Portrush site was part of the Coleraine Campus and home to the School of Hotel, Leisure and Tourism.

The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.

For three seasons in a row in the mid-1980s the club finished second in the league behind Linfield, but in the first part of the 1990s Coleraine struggled.

He was one of the founders of Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1988 and took part in drama groups at college and university, including a stage appearance in a Riverside Theatre, Coleraine production of Oliver!

The circuit between the towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine is one the fastest in the world, with top speeds exceeding 200 mph on public roads.

The course is a street circuit, made up of public roads running between the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush ( the Triangle ) is one of the fastest in the world, with speeds in excess of.

* Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Ulster, Coleraine

The main Translink Northern Ireland Railways routes are the major line between Belfast, Antrim, Ballymena, Coleraine and Londonderry, Belfast to Carrickfergus and Larne, the port for Stranraer in Scotland and Coleraine to Portrush.

* Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Ulster, Coleraine

Limavady is a prosperous service centre for the Roe valley, but as a retail centre it is subject to increasing competition from Derry, Coleraine and to a lesser extent Ballymena.

Together with the neighbouring district of Coleraine, it forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Bellarena railway station has direct trains west to Londonderry and east to Castlerock, Coleraine ( for stations to ), and stations to and Belfast Great Victoria Street.

* Somerset House, Coleraine for Mr. Richardson.

According to local tradition, Lord Coleraine was so well pleased by this that he sent a fine bell to the townspeople for their new meeting house.

This gave the NF a chance to air its views, which resulted in the NF Coleraine organiser, Mark Brown, thanking John Dallat for helping the NF double its support in Coleraine through enquiries and membership.

After travelling in Russia, Mayo entered parliament for Kildare in 1847, a seat he held until 1852, and then represented Coleraine from 1852 to 1857 and Cockermouth from 1857 to 1868.

In the 2010 SuperValu Best Kept Awards Coleraine was named the Best Kept Large Town in Northern Ireland, this is a prestigious award which commends towns throughout Northern Ireland for their work to improve the local environment.

Coleraine has the headquarters of Coleraine Borough Council which are situated overlooking the River Bann. Overlooking the River Bann The Borough Council area together with the neighbouring district of Limavady, forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly, despite some of the borough being in County Antrim.

The Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operates a rotation for position of Mayor / Deputy Mayor between the Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP ), Democratic Unionist Party and the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ).

* Davy Boyle, the Caring Caretaker, caretaker of Coleraine Town Hall has for years been raising large amounts of money for charity.

* W. Speedy Moore, a musician, a storyteller, a fisherman, and an award-winning journalist who received the MBE and saw his achievements as a must-read columnist for The Coleraine Chronicle earn the reading of a special citation in the British House Of Commons.

* Jayne Wisener, best known for playing the role of Johanna, in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street grew up in Coleraine, where she attended Coleraine High School for girls.