Macosquin () 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 ...

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

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County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. ...

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 south-west of

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern ...

, on the road to

Limavady Limavady (; ) is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. Lying east of Derry and southwest of Coleraine, Limavady had a population of 12,032 people at the 2011 Census. In the 40 years betwee ...

. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 614 people. The area is known for its caves and springs. It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district.

History

Following fast growth in the 1950s and 1960s the village had a peak population of over 800 in the 1970s, but this has shrunk to
2011 population
of 614.

Churches

Nearest Religious buildings in Macosquin Village/Macosquin District: *St. Mary's Church of Ireland Parish Church *Macosquin Presbyterian Church *Coleraine Gospel Hall

2001 Census

Macosquin is classified as a small village or hamlet by th
NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
(i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day 2011 there were 614 people living in Macosquin. Of these: *36.97% were aged under 16 years and 18.89% were aged 60 and over *48.53% of the population were male and 51.46% were female *3.09% were from a

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background, 82.57% 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, and 9.6% considered themselves as having ‘no religion’ *2.93% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed For more details see
NI Neighbourhood Information

References

External links

BBC - Plantation of Ulster - MacosquinCulture Northern IrelandMacosquin Primary School
Villages in County Londonderry Townlands of County Londonderry Civil parishes of County Londonderry Causeway Coast and Glens district {{Londonderry-geo-stub

History

Churches

2001 Census

See also

References

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