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Derrymacash, or "The Cesh", is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated very close to the southern banks of Lough Neagh. The closest town is Lurgan. It had a population of 629 people in the 2001 Census. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster, Ireland. ...
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Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) in Northern Ireland is the largest lough, or body of freshwater by surface area, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres. ...
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Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...
In recent years Derrymacash has become increasingly residential and is expanding all the time. It has become a hotspot for housing development, with many Lurgan residents looking a move from the town and is still regarded as a 'country' area. The Village contains a local Catholic Primary school and chapel both under the name of Irelands Patron Saint St. Patricks. Within close proxmity of Derrymacash is the nature Reserve Oxford Island which is famed for its peaceful nature trails, bird hides and various species of wildlife and bog lands.
Sport
The main sport in Derrymacash is Gaelic football, represented by the Wolfe Tones team who play their home Games in Raparee Park. The Wolfe Tones, are currently in the top flight in the all county league after many years of absence. Previous well known players include the late Bill McCorry, infamous for a missed penalty kick in the 1953 All Ireland Final. Paddy Moriority, Armagh's first County All-star who starred in Armagh's second All Ireland Final in 1977. The Club is in good hands and aspires to move onwards and upwards with youth development a strong point. Their only silverware of significance in recent times was the Junior Championship and Ulster Junior Sevens, won in 2000/2001 under the guidance of Patsy Donnelly and Patsy McGee. May 2006 the Tones went out in the first round of the junior championship to an unfancied Maddan Side, losing by a single point with only 13 men on the field of play. Gaelic Football action Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
The Gaelic Athletic Association The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Football Championship) is the premier knockout competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. ...
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2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
2001 Census Derrymacash 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 629 people living in Derrymacash. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
- 28.0% were aged under 16 years and 9.7% were aged 60 and over
- 53.3% of the population were male and 46.7% were female
- 98.3% were from a Catholic background and 1.8% were from a Protestant background
- 2.5% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed
For fuller details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing the splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe—a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...
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