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___MASK63___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK63___ is the second - largest island of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . A townland is a small geographical division of land used in ___MASK63___ . The townland system is of Gaelic origin , pre - dating the Norman invasion , and most have names of Irish Gaelic origin . However , some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors , plantation divisions , or later creations of the Ordnance Survey . The total number of inhabited townlands was 60 , 679 in 1911 . The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61 , 098 , including uninhabited townlands , mainly small islands . The Belfast Metropolitan Area is a grouping of council areas which include commuter towns and overspill from Belfast , ___MASK42___ with a population of 672 , 522 in 2011 , combining the Belfast , Lisburn , Newtownabbey , North Down , Castlereagh and Carrickfergus districts . This equates to 37 . 1 % of ___MASK42___ ' s population . Belfast is the capital and largest city of ___MASK42___ , the second largest on the island of Ireland , and the heart of the tenth largest Primary Urban Area in the United Kingdom . On the River Lagan , it had a population of 286 , 000 at the 2011 census and 333 , 871 after the 2015 council reform . Belfast was granted city status in 1888 . Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies , making it the ___MASK10___ ' s most popular sport . The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end . The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal . Danske Bank is a Danish bank whose name also literally translates into " Danish Bank ". It was founded 5 October 1871 as " Den Danske Landmandsbank , Hypothek - og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn " (" The Danish Farmers ' Bank , Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen "). Headquartered in Copenhagen , it is the largest bank in ___MASK79___ and a major retail bank in the northern European region with over 5 million retail customers . Danske Bank was number 454 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2011 . Ulster ( or " Cúige Uladh " , Ulster Scots : " Ulstèr " or " Ulster ") is a province in the north of the island of ___MASK63___ . In ancient ___MASK63___ , it was one of the fifths ruled by a " rí ruirech ", or " king of over - kings ". Belfast Lough is a large , intertidal sea inlet on the east coast of ___MASK42___ . At its head is the city and port of Belfast , which sits at the mouth of the River Lagan . The lough opens into the North Channel and connects Belfast to the Irish Sea . Taylors Avenue is a football stadium in Carrickfergus , County Antrim , ___MASK42___ . It is the home stadium of local football team Carrick Rangers F . C .. Taylors Avenue has a capacity of 6 , 000 . There are two covered stands , with the rest of the ground made up of open terracing . The number of seats is either 400 750 or 800 , depending on source .< Carrickfergus , colloquially known as " Carrick ", is a large town in County Antrim , ___MASK42___ . It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough , from Belfast . The town had a population of 27 , 903 at the 2011 Census . It is County Antrim ' s oldest town and one of the oldest towns in Ireland as a whole . Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carrickfergus Borough Council , before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015 , and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area . It is also a townland of 65 acres , a civil parish and a barony . Carrickfergus Borough Council was a district council in County Antrim in ___MASK42___ . It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in ___MASK42___ to become Mid and East Antrim Borough Council . Lough Neagh ( pronounced ) is a large freshwater lake in ___MASK42___ . It is the largest lake by area in the British Isles , with a surface area of . It supplies 40 % of ___MASK42___ ' s water . Its main inflows are the Upper River Bann and River Blackwater , and its main outflow is the Lower River Bann . Its name comes . The lough is owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury . The Irish Football Association ( IFA ) is the governing body for association football in ___MASK42___ . It organised the Ireland national football team which , after 1921 , became the ___MASK42___ national football team . It should not be confused with the Football Association of Ireland ( FAI ), the governing body in the Republic of Ireland . Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi - professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership . The club , founded in 1939 , hails from Carrickfergus , County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as the Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena due to sponsorship reasons . The Gers ground is the only sponsored stadium in Northern Irish football . Club colours are amber and black . The current manager is former Ballymena United legend Gary Haveron . Carrick Rangers have two rivals , Larne and Ballyclare Comrades . The ___MASK42___ Football League Premiership , known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship purposes , is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the ___MASK42___ Football League  the national league in ___MASK42___ . It was formerly called the " IFA Premiership " until 2013 , with previous competition formats called the " Irish Premier League ", " Irish Football League Premier Division ", and before that simply the " Irish Football League ". Still known in popular parlance simply as the " Irish League ", the Premiership was established in 2008 under the auspices of the Irish Football Association before the ___MASK42___ Football League was created for the start of the 2013  14 season . At the end of the season , the champion club is presented with the Gibson Cup . ___MASK42___ (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit of the United Kingdom in the northeast of Ireland . It is variously described as a country , province , region , or " part " of the United Kingdom , amongst other terms . ___MASK42___ shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % of the island ' s total population and about 3 % of the UK ' s population . Established by the ___MASK42___ Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the ___MASK42___ Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British government . ___MASK42___ co - operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to " put forward views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". The counties of ___MASK42___ were the principal local government divisions of ___MASK42___ from its creation in 1921 until 1972 , when their governmental features were abolished and replaced with twenty - six unitary authorities . County Antrim ( named after the town of Antrim ) is one of six counties that form ___MASK42___ , situated in the north - east of the island of Ireland . Adjoined to the north - east shore of Lough Neagh , the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618 , 000 . It is one of six traditional counties of ___MASK42___ and is within the historic province of Ulster . County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometer / 526 people per square mile .