Doagh (in Irish: Dumhach, ie mound) is a village in the Six Mile Water Valley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and is two miles west of Ballyclare. It had a population of 1,130 people in the 2001 Census. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... The Six Mile Water, also known historically as the Ollar, is a small river in southern County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) 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). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...

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Places of interest

• On a hilltop close to Doagh is a Bronze Age megalith known as The Holestone. Couples used to promise marriage by clasping hands through the hole in the stone. There is a legend regarding a black horse that inhabits the field in which the holestone is situated. According to this legend a young couple were married at the stone, but the groom committed an act of adultery on their wedding night. For this act he was cursed by the stone to spend eternity as a horse, never dying, and never able to leave that field.

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People

• A memorial to John Rowan stands in the centre of the village. Rowan, a linen spinner who invented a steam driven vehicle later claimed to be the first motorcar, was born in Doagh in 1787 and died in Belfast in 1858.

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2001 Census

Doagh is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,130 people living in Doagh. Of these: is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

• 19.7% were aged under 16 and 18.9% were aged 60 and over
• 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female
• 1.7% were from a Catholic background and 94.2% were from a Protestant background
• 2.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

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References

• Culture Northern Ireland

10% of the people that live in Doagh are the social underclass's. This was brought on by gradual migration form a local council estate called kilburn.

External links

• Doagh Holestone

See also

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

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