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 ...
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 ...
. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 90 people. It is situated within the
Derry and Strabane
Ulster Scots: ''Derrie an Stràbane''
, settlement_type = District
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
, subdivision_type2 =
, subdivision_type3 =
, subdivision ...
district.
Goshedan is situated astride the Ardmore Road close to the
River Faughan
The River Faughan (; ga, An Fhochaine) is a river in northwest Northern Ireland.
Legend
According to ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' (11th century), Fochain was a daughter of Partholón, an ancient settler of Ireland. In the ''Táin Bó Cúailnge' ...
some 9 kilometres from the City. It originally comprised 2 public authority housing estates. The northern part of the settlement lies within the proposed Area of High Scenic Value along the Faughan valley.