Limavady
Limavady ( lɪməˈvædi ; Irish : Léim an Mhadaidh; German: "Leap of the dog") is a larger market town in the historic county of Londonderry in Northern Ireland and was the administrative seat of the former district of the same name , which became part of the Causeway Coast and Glens district in 2015 .
The place
Limavady is located in the north of the Northern Irish county, roughly halfway between Londonderry in the southwest (27 kilometers away) and Coleraine in the northeast. Near Limavady is the 385 m high Binevenagh as part of the Sperrin Mountains . In parliamentary terms, Limavady is part of the East Derry constituency . The population of the place was determined in the 2011 Census with 12,047 people, of which 43.3% were Catholic and 49.6% were Protestant.
Since the middle of the 20th century, Limavady has experienced a continuous increase in population due to the settlement and expansion of modern industrial companies as well as its acceptance as a sought-after place to live, so that the number of inhabitants almost quadrupled between 1951 and 2011.
Music culture
Limavady was u. a. known from A Londonderry Air , played as the Northern Irish anthem at the Commonwealth Games , which was "discovered" by a local in a local fiddle player in the mid-19th century and whose melody also made the song Danny Boy popular.
Today Limavady hosts the Danny Boy Festival , Limavady Jazz and Blues Festival and the Roe Valley Folk Festival .
Personalities
- William Massey (1856-1925), Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912-1925)
- Jim Allen (1859 – after 1937), football player
- Ruth Kelly (* 1968), British politician (Labor Party)
Web links
- Limavady Borough Council website (English)
- Limavady on culturenorthernireland.org (English)
- "Limavady and the Valley of the Roe" (Comprehensive page by Jochen Lueg, also in English )
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011 , accessed August 17, 2018
Coordinates: 55 ° 3 ′ 11 ″ N , 6 ° 56 ′ 46 ″ W.