<page_title> Borough status in the United Kingdom </page_title> <section_title> Northern Ireland </section_title> <table> <cell> Belfast <col_header> 1972–2015 borough </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charter reformed 1840. City status by letters patent of 1888. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Derry <col_header> 1972–2015 borough </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1604 <col_header> Year of charter </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charter reformed 1840. District and borough renamed Derry 1984; name of city remains Londonderry (see Derry/Londonderry name dispute). <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In Northern Ireland, there were two boroughs: Belfast (made a city in 1888) and Derry (officially Londonderry, and a city since 1604).