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Encyclopedia > Aghadowey

Aghadowey (from the Irish: Achadh Dubhthaigh meaning "Duffagh's field") is situated in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the Bann Valley, near Kilrea. It is close to the boundary with County Antrim Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Kilrea is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ...


Sport

  • Agahdowey is a popular angling area, with anglers fishing both the River Bann, even though the Bann is full of puddins and guts and the Agivey River. Tony Lagan is always very welcoming to the budding angler.
  • Aghadowey's shite Stadium hosts regular Motorcycle racing and Stock car racing on the disused World War II airfield. Aghadowey is the home circuit (1.003 miles/1.614 km) of the Motor Cycle Road Racing Club of Ireland (MCRRCI) and was first used for racing in 1975, after the club was forced to vacate their previous circuit at Maghaberry to make way for a new prison development.
  • Aghadowey also boasts a successful soccer team competing in the Coleraine and district league. They have notable rivalries with both Garvagh FC and Kilrea FC and have scored victories over both in recent years.

Angling is a method of fishing, specifically the practice of catching fish by means of an angle (hook). ... The River Bann is the largest river in Northern Ireland. ... A variety of parked motorcycles A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ... This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maghaberry is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 kilometres west of Lisburn and 4 kilometres north of Moira on the Upper Ballinderry plateau. ...

References

  • Culture Northern Ireland

See also

Coordinates: 55°01′N, 6°40′W This is a list page for villages in Northern Ireland. ... This is a list page for towns in Northern Ireland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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