St Patricks Church, Ballymagorry, May 2010 (28)

Ballymagorry or Ballymagory ( Irish: ''Baile Mhic Gofraidh'' (MacGorry's townland)) is a small

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 ...

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 dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

. It is west of

Artigarvan Artigarvan (from ga, Ard Tí Garbháin, meaning "height of Garbhan's house") is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles from Strabane and 4 miles from Dunnamanagh, within the Strabane District Council ar ...

and north of

Strabane Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle mark ...

. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 565. It lies within the

Strabane District Council Strabane District Council ( ga, Comhairle Ceantair an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: ''Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil'') was a local council in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland established by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. It me ...

area and lies on the River Glenmornan.

History

The village is known as ''Bellymagarry'' in Ulster-Scots.

Transport

The area was once served by rail with Ballymagorry railway station run by the

County Donegal Railway The County Donegal Railways Joint Committee operated an extensive narrow gauge railway system serving County Donegal, Ireland, from 1906 until 1960. The committee was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1906, which authorised the joint p ...

on the section from

Strabane (CDR) railway station Strabane (CDR) railway station was one of two terminals serving Strabane, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the U ...

to Londonderry Victoria Road in

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

line. Ballymagorry station opened on 7 August 1900 but was shut on 1 January 1955. The village lies on the main A5 trunk road between Strabane and 'Derry.

Demography

19th century population

The population of the village decreased during the 19th century:

21st century population

Ballymagorry is classified as a small village. On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 565 people living in Ballymagorry. Of these: *25.3% were aged under 16 years and 15.2% were aged 60 and over *50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female *43.7% were from a

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background and 54.0% were from a

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

background *4.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

Ballymagorry Townland

The townland is situated in the historic

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

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 289 acres. The population of the townland increased slightly during the 19th century:

Sport

Ballymagorry is home to Fox Lodge Cricket Club.

References

External links

Ballymagorry Rent Rolls
{{authority control Villages in County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone Barony of Strabane Lower