Ballykelly (Baile Uí Cheallaigh in Irish) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady road and contains some of the most interesting buildings erected in Ulster by the Plantation companies. It had a population of 1,836 people in the 2001 Census. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ... Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair... Limavady is a town in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ... Å“The Plantation of Ulster was a planned process of colonisation which took place in the northern Irish province of Ulster during the early 17th century in the reign of James I of England. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...

The village is rich in architecture, being largely developed by the London Company of Fishmongers through the 18th century and 19th century. It features Tamlaghtfinlagan Church amongst many traditional buildings. The village enjoys views across Lough Foyle to Inishowen in County Donegal and is bordered by Ballykelly Forest which was the first State Forest in Northern Ireland. The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lough Foyle (Loch Feabhail in Irish) is the name given to the estuary of the River Foyle. ... The Grianán of Aileach is a stone fort on the Inishowen peninsula. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Lifford Code: DL Area: 4,841 km² Population (2006) 146,956 Website: www. ...

Sampson's Tower

Places of interest

• Between Limavady and Ballykelly is the Rough Fort, a prehistoric earthwork fort in the care of the National Trust.
• Nearby is Sampson's Tower, a fortified structure built by public subscription in memory of Arthur Sampson who for 40 years was an agent of the London Worshipful Company of Fishmongers.
• There is a big military airfield RAF Ballykelly, which suddenly became famous when a commercial airliner on a Ryanair service landed there by mistake on 29 March 2006, instead of at City of Derry Airport.

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Transport

The Broharris Canal was constructed in the 1820s when a cut, some 2 miles long on the south shore of Lough Foyle near Ballykelly was made in the direction of Limavady. It served both as a drainage channel and a navigation with goods being brought from the port of Derry, and shellfish and kelp from the sand banks along the shore. Events and Trends Nationalistic independence movements helped reshape the world during this decade: Greece declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (1821). ... Lough Foyle (Loch Feabhail in Irish) is the name given to the estuary of the River Foyle. ... Limavady is a town in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

History

The Troubles

The Ballykelly disco bombing occurred on December 6, 1982 when a bomb killed seventeen people (6 civilians and 11 British Army members) in the Droppin Well disco and bar. For more information see The Troubles in Ballykelly, which includes a list of incidents in Ballykelly during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles is a generic and euphemistic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the late 1990s ending with the Good Friday Agreement on April 10... The Ballykelly disco bombing occurred on December 6, 1982 when a small bomb killed seventeen people in the Droppin Well disco and bar in the Northern Irish town of Ballykelly. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

2001 Census

Ballykelly is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with a population of between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,836 people living in Ballykelly. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 27.8% were aged under 16 and 11.3% were aged 60 and over
• 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female
• 59.6% were from a Catholic background and 39.0% were from a Protestant background
• 6.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

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References

• Culture Northern Ireland

See also

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