Northern Ireland

The Province of Northern Ireland is bordered by the Republic of Ireland on the island of Ireland. It is made up of six counties; County Antrim, County Armagh, County Londonderry, County Down, County Fermanagh and County Tyrone.

Northern Ireland have taken part in every edition of the Games, bar 1950, and have the distinction of achieving medal succes at each and every one. Lawn bowls (Watson & Rosbotham) and athletics (Thelma Hopkins) providing the first gold medals for the Province in 1954 and lawn bowls and shooting providing silver medals in Melbourne in 2006.

As one of the Home Countries in the UK, Northern Ireland is not able to be a member of the Olympic Movement so the Commonwealth Games provides the only opportunity for its athletes to compete at the international level in a multi-sport event.

Their participation in the Commonwealth Games is organised by the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland.