Ardtrea North is the official name of Newbridge parish, the first

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(geographically) in the

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and

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diocese of Armagh. The Parish also incorporates the breakaway community of Ballymaguigan.

Education and worship

The parish has one

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named St. Trea's Church Newbridge, and has two

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named Anahorish and Saint Trea's Primary School. Ardtrea's parish saint is Saint Trea. The

community is served by St. Andrew's Ardtrea Anahorish Primary School is the name of the primary school in Newbridge, with Seamus Heaney being a past pupil of this highly rated primary school. St. Trea's Primary School is attended by people from the Ballymaguigan side of the parish. In 2003 the North Eastern Education and Library Board tried to merge the two primary schools due to falling numbers at St. Trea's Primary School.

Sport

The parish has two

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teams. The first Gaelic team is named Seán O'Leary's GAA, Newbridge. The second team is named Saint Trea's Ballymaguigan GFC and is mainly supported by people from the breakaway Ballymaguigan part of the parish.

People

Seamus Heaney, the famous Irish Poet, was a past pupil of Anahorish primary school in Newbridge. Eamon Coleman, manager of Derry Senior Football All-Ireland winning team (1993) was born in Ballymaguigan.

Thomas Meredith Thomas Meredith FTCD (1777–1819) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, Doctor of Divinity, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and a distinguished mathematician who gave his findings before the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. He is best remembered for h ...

is the subject of two ghost stories relating to his death at the

Rectory of Ardtrea.

References

External links

*http://www.derrygaa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=103 Civil parishes of County Londonderry {{Londonderry-geo-stub