Newcumber Presbyterian Church - geograph

Killaloo ( or ''Cill Dhalua'' meaning "Dalua's church")Placenames Database of Ireland
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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 ...

and hamlet in County Londonderry,

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 about six miles southeast of Derry, on the main Derry to

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...

road. In the 2001 Census Killaloo had a population of 75 people. It is situated within

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. The nearest shops and amenities are in the village of

Claudy Claudy () is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber U ...

, to the southeast.

Places of interest

* The ruins of Brackfield Bawn are beside the main road. * The Ness Woods country park is popular during summer months.

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NI Neighbourhood Information SystemCulture Northern Ireland
Villages in County Londonderry Derry and Strabane district {{Londonderry-geo-stub