secondary school). Religion County Antrim is one of two counties on the island in which the majority of people are Protestant, according to the 2001 census, the other being Down. The strong Presbyterian presence in the county is due largely to the county's historical links with lowland Scotlandwho came to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster, when England Colonised Ireland. Protestants are the majority in most of the county, whilst Catholics are concentrated in the northeast; on the shore of Lough Neagh; and in Belfast, particularly the west of the city. Administration The county was administered by Antrim County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. The traditional county town is Antrim. More recently, Ballymena was the seat of county government. From 1973 Northern Ireland was split into districts, which were redrawn in 2015. County Antrim is part of the following districts: Antrim and Newtownabbey Belfast Causeway Coast and Glens Mid and East Antrim Lisburn and Castlereagh Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon The county contains within it the whole of five parliamentary constituencies: Belfast North Belfast West East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Parts of the following five parliamentary constituencies are also in County Antrim: Belfast East Belfast South East Londonderry Lagan Valley Upper Bann Settlements Cities Places with official city status: Belfast Lisburn Large towns (population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census) Antrim Ballymena Carrickfergus Larne Newtownabbey Medium towns (population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2001 Census) none Small towns (Population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2001 Census) Ballycastle Ballyclare Ballymoney Greenisland Jordanstown Portrush Randalstown Intermediate settlements (population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2001 Census) Ahoghill Broughshane Crumlin Cullybackey Whitehead Villages (Population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census) Bushmills Carnlough Cloughmills Cogry & Kilbride Cushendall Doagh Dunloy Glenavy Kells Portglenone Templepatrick Small villages or hamlets (population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census) Aghagallon Aghalee Aldergrove Armoy Ballintoy Ballycarry Ballyeaston Ballygalley Ballynure Boneybefore Cairncastle Carnalbanagh Cargan Cushendun Dervock Glenarm Glynn Loughguile Moss-Side Newtown Crommelin Parkgate Portballintrae Rasharkin Stranocum Toome Subdivisions Baronies Antrim Lower Antrim Upper Belfast Lower Belfast Upper Carrickfergus Cary Dunluce Lower Dunluce Upper Glenarm Lower Glenarm Upper Kilconway Massereene Lower Massereene Upper Toome Lower Toome Upper Parishes Townlands History At what date the county of Antrim was formed is not known, but it