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Artigarvan (from ga, Ard Tí Garbháin, meaning "height of Garbhan's house") is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
and
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. It is 3 miles from
Strabane and 4 miles from
Dunnamanagh, within the
Strabane District Council area. It is called ''Airtigarvan'' in
Ulster-Scots.
LacPatrick is located in Artigarvan, having previously been known as Leckpatrick Creamery and TMC Daries Ltd
Artigarvan Townland
The townland is situated in the historic
barony of
Strabane Lower
Strabane Lower (named after Strabane) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by five other baronies in Northern Ireland: North West Liberties of Derry to the north; Tirkeeran to the north-east; Strabane Upper to the ea ...
and the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Leckpatrick and covers an area of 175 acres.
Demographics
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:
In the 2011 census the population of Artigarvan ward was 2,760.
[https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Artigarvan@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Artigarvan@4?]
*99.09% were from the white ethnic group;
*51.05% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related) religion and 46.96% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
*46.99% indicated that they had a British national identity, 29.20% had an Irish national identity, and 31.09% had a Northern Irish national identity.
See also
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List of townlands of County Tyrone
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,162 townlands in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, ...
References
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Villages in County Tyrone
Townlands of County Tyrone
Barony of Strabane Lower