Eglinton is a large village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was formerly known as Muff and lies just outside the city of Derry. It serves as a sleeper-town to Derry city. Many inhabitants work in the city and send their children to school here. In demonstration of this, here is a [photo] of some Eglinton girls on their first day at school in Thornhill College in the city. Eglinton had a population of 3,165 people in the 2001 Census. It is the site of the City of Derry Airport. 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. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages None3 Main languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... City of Derry Airport Entrance. ...

Eglinton (established by the Grocers' Company) still has an English air about it, with elegant church, former market house,Eglinton main street bus stop trees around a green and two oaks which started life in Windsor Great Park. South of the village is Muff Glen with walks and bridges over its little rushing stream. Birdwatchers should see the glen and then walk along the top of the embankment of Lough Foyle where the mud flats at low tide are feeding grounds for seabirds and waders. The Long Walk to Windsor Castle Windsor Great Park is a large Crown Estate of 19 km2 south of the town of Windsor to the west of London in the United Kingdom. ...

2001 Census

Eglinton 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 3,165 people living in Eglinton. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 28.6% were aged under 16 and 10.3% were aged 60 and over
• 50.2% of the population were male and 49.8% were female
• 46.5% were from a Catholic background and 51.1% were from a Protestant background
• 4.0% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more 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. ...

References

• Geographia

External links

• Eglinton village website

See also

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