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Dungiven
Sign in to saveDungiven () is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg meet at the foot of the Benbradagh. Nearby is the Glenshane Pass, where the road rises to over . It had a population of 3,346 people in the 2021 census. It is within Causeway Coast and Glens district council area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dungiven
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,346
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Dungiven
- UK place.irish_name
- Dún Geimhin
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dungiven Main Street.jpg
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.population
- 3,346
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- C689024
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- LONDONDERRY
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northern Ireland
- Population
- +3346
- Elevation
- +75
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Dungiven Main Street.jpg
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- P7959
- County Londonderry
- P12749
- Q157502
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Dungiven Priory
- Politics
- The Troubles
- Education
- Sport
- Demography
- 2021 census
- 2011 census
- Transport
- Rivers
- People
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
Dungiven () is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town. It lies where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg meet at the foot of the Benbradagh. Nearby is the Glenshane Pass, where the road rises to over . It had a population of 3,346 people in the 2021 census. It is within Causeway Coast and Glens district council area.
==History== There is evidence of settlement in the area for at least 1000 years. The Boviel Wedge cairn is located two miles east of Dungiven. Excavations in 1938 uncovered cremated bones from the Neolithic period, pottery sherds, scrapers, an arrowhead and a polished stone axe. There may have been an abbey in the area around 700AD. The Augustinian abbey of St Mary's was built in the 11th century. Its ruins contain the tomb of O'Cahan (Cooey na Gall O' Cahan), laid to rest in 1385. A thicket of thorn bushes hung with rags conceals a bullaun stone, visited for wart cures.