Northern Ireland "Ulster" has found much support." In a somewhat colourful but not too accurate explanation of events, in the run up to the General Election in Northern Ireland in 1949, Thomas Loftus Cole declared that the British Government had refused to allow the name change "because the area did not comprise the nine counties of the province. We should demand our three counties [Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan] so that we could call our country Ulster, a name of which we are all proud". See also Derry/Londonderry name dispute Geographical renaming Names of the Irish state Southern Ireland Terminology of the British Isles References External links Ulster Politics of Northern Ireland History of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, Alternative names