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Dungiven (Irish: Dún Geimhín; meaning Given's fort) is a large village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on the main Belfast to Derry road. It is situated where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg converge at the foot of the 1,535ft Benbradagh mountain, next to the Glenshane Pass where the road rises to over 1,000ft. It had a population of 2,993 people in the 2001 Census. The village forms part of the East Londonderry constituency and the elected MP is DUP party member Gregory Campbell. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ...
For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country 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). ...
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For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ...
The Glenshane Pass (Irish: Beárn Ghleann Sheagháin) a major mountain pass cutting through the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland. ...
UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...
East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born February 15, 1953) a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party member of Parliament for East Londonderry. ...
History An interesting site in Dungiven is the 11th century Augustinian priory of St Mary's and the tomb of O'Cahan (Cooey na Gall O' Cahan), laid to rest in 1385. A thicket of thorn bushes hung with rags, on the right, conceals a bullaun stone, visited for wart cures. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ...
OCahan (Irish: Ó Catháin) is the name of a significant clan in Ulster, a province of Ireland. ...
Year 1385 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
For more information see The Troubles in Dungiven, which includes a list of incidents in Dungiven during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. For other uses, see Troubles (disambiguation) and Trouble. ...
The Troubles in Dungiven recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...
Sport Gaelic Games are the most popular sports in the area. St Canices Dungiven is the local Gaelic football club and Kevin Lynchs is the local hurling club. St Canices play at O'Cahan Park, while Kevin Lynchs play at Kevin Lynch Park. Kevin Lynch's are the current county Derry hurling champions, for the second successive year. They were beaten Ulster finalists for the last two years. Gaelic games are the native sports of Ireland: principally Hurling, Gaelic Football and Camogie. ...
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Gaelic Football (Irish: Peil, Peil Gaelach or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, or Gaelic , is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ...
Kevin Lynchs Hurling Club, of Dungiven are one of the few hurling clubs as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association in the South Derry area. ...
For the Cornish sport, see Cornish Hurling. ...
Demographics Dungiven is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 2,250 and 4,500 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 2,993 people living in Dungiven. 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). ...
- 29.3% were aged under 16 and 11.7% were aged 60 and over
- 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female
- 96.8% were from a Catholic background and 3.1% were from a Protestant background
- 6.7% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
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Places of interest - Near Dungiven are Banagher Glen, popular with ornithologists, and Altaheglish Reservoir, an impressive lake set up in the mountains, surrounded by forest.
- At Dungiven Castle, constructed during the reign of James I on the south side of the village, there is a 20 acre Environmental and Conservation Park consisting of Victorian Gardens, Wetlands, Woodlands, Nature Reserve, Duck Pond and Picnic Area.
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James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary...
People Cara Dillon is an Irish folk singer from Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, born in 1975. ...
John Mitchel John Mitchel (Irish: Seán Uà Mistéil; b. ...
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. ...
Young Ireland was an Irish nationalist revolutionary movement, active in the mid-nineteenth century. ...
Burnfoot is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 4 kilometres north of Dungiven and 9 kilometres south of Limavady. ...
Transport Seacoast Road bridge The Limavady Railway link by means of a branch line to the main Derry - Belfast line was closed on 2 May 1955. ...
Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
References in Popular Culture Dungiven is mentioned in the Brian Friel play Making History. This is where Mabel Bagnel goes after the Battle of Kinsale Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. ...
Making History is a play written by Northern Irish playwright Brian Friel in 1989. ...
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References - ^ Dungiven station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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See also Coordinates: 54°56′N, 6°55′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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