Articlave is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the main A2 coastal road 7 kilometres west of Coleraine. It is a growing residential area and includes a range of commercial, social and community facilities. Its population grew by a third to 800 in the period from 1991 to the 2001 Census. Castlerock railway station is only 1.5 kilometres to the north. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Londonderry or County Derry (Contae Dhoire or Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, in the province of Ulster. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Arms of Coleraine Coleraine (Cúil Raithin in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland at the mouth of the river Bann. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... Castlerock is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. It is situated between Coleraine and Londonderry and is very popular with summer tourists, having numerous apartment blocks and two caravan sites. ...

2001 Census

Articlave is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 800 people living in Articlave. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 26.0% were aged under 16 years and 14.9% were aged 60 and over
• 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female
• 18.1% were from a Catholic background and 79.2% were from a Protestant background
• 6.5% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...

Strange Articlave

In the 1930s the Articlave poltergeist became the most famous in Ireland. A reporter named JP Donnelly was sent from Dublin to cover it. The reporter stayed with a Presbyterian family at their small farm. The young girl of the house was called Laura and each night as she went to bed she was pinched and her bed shaken by the unseen spirit. Donnelly spent the night with them and witnessed the bed shaking. // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... A poltergeist (German for noisy ghost) is widely believed to be an invisible ghost that interacts with others by moving and influencing inanimate objects. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Presbyterianism is a form of church government, practiced by many (although not all) of those Protestant churches (known as Reformed churches), which historically subscribed to the teachings of John Calvin. ...

References

• Draft Northern Area Plan 2016
• BBC Haunted Ulster

See Also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland