townland
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Northern Ireland
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. It lies within
Derry and Strabane
Ulster Scots: ''Derrie an Stràbane''
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district.
Upper and Lower Galliagh form the townland of Ballynagalliagh in western County Londonderry. Upper Galliagh borders the townland of Elagh More which lies directly upon the border with
County Donegal
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, between the Buncrana Road and Ballyarnett. Lower Galliagh is a buffer between Upper Galliagh and the outer urban edge of Derry and the townland of
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which runs behind the White Chapel at Galliagh estate.
The townland has been zoned for large scale housing and commercial development in the Derry Area Plan 2011. The completion of the Skeoge Link in 2008 has allowed for some 3,000 new homes to be built in the area.
History
Ballynagalligh is recorded in the 1604 Irish patent rolls of
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People
*James I of Aragon (1208–1276)
*James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327)
*James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu
*James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347)
*James I of Cyprus (1334–13 ...
. It lies in the parish of Templemore, within the barony of the
North West Liberties of Londonderry
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.
Galliagh comes from the
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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''Calliagh/Galliagh'' which translates as either "nuns" or "old hags". The area may originally have been called ''Clongoliagh'' or ''Glengalliagh''. The anglicised name is appropriately Glenabbey.