Maghery
Sign in to savethumb|The old Catholic church in Maghery Maghery () is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest shore of Lough Neagh, near Derrywarragh Island, in the northwest corner of the county. As it sits between the estuaries of the rivers Blackwater and Bann (which are only two miles apart), Maghery was of strategic significance in the past.
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- Locality
- Maghery
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- townland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northern Ireland
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Maghery old RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 279253.jpg
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- Maghery
- historic county
- County Armagh
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Maghery Christian Heritage Site
- Significant events
- 1830
- 1894 Riot
- 1936
- Places of interest
- Transport
- Education
- Sport
- References
- External links
thumb|The old Catholic church in Maghery Maghery () is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest shore of Lough Neagh, near Derrywarragh Island, in the northwest corner of the county. As it sits between the estuaries of the rivers Blackwater and Bann (which are only two miles apart), Maghery was of strategic significance in the past.
In the 2001 census Maghery had a population of 2001 people. It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area. It has a park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maghery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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