Plumbridge
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Plumbridge Scots Plumbrig Irish Droichead at Phlum |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 46 ′ N , 7 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 234 (as of 2011) | ||
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| prefix | 028 | ||
| Part of the country | Northern Ireland | ||
| region | County Tyrone | ||
| District | Derry and Strabane | ||
| British Parliament | West Tyrone | ||
Plumbridge is a village in historic County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . It is located in the District Derry City and Strabane and counts 234 inhabitants (Census 2011).
The village lies mostly on the north bank of the River Glenelly , within the townland of Glencoopagh. Only the townland of Lisnacreaght is on the southern bank.
religion
The village is home to the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Church , a Grade B2 listed structure, and the Glenelly Presbyterian Church.
Sports
The Glenelly St. Joseph's GAC , the local club of the Gaelic Athletic Association , was founded in 1981. He has men's and women's teams. In 2015, the women's team won the Tyrone and Ulster Intermediate Championships.
Personalities
- James MacCullagh (1809–1847), mathematician at Trinity College Dublin and his brother John MacCullagh, attorney at Trinity College Dublin
- Robert Campbell , American Border Guard
- Robert Campbell Dunn, a politician in the US state of Arizona
- Peter McCullagh , statistician at the University of Chicago
- Thomas Young Duncan (1836–1914), New Zealand politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulstèr Merikay Fowk Pairk - Youngstèrs Wisin. (No longer available online.) National Museums Northern Ireland, archived from the original on November 11, 2013 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Scottish).
- ↑ Droichead an Phlum / Plumbridge. In: Logainm.ie. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Plumbridge (Hamlet) on citypopulation.de, accessed September 1, 2018
- ↑ Glencoppogagh. (No longer available online.) In: Placenames NI. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012 ; accessed on August 31, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lisnacreaght. (No longer available online.) In: Placenames NI. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012 ; accessed on August 31, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Sacred Heart Church, Plumbridge. (No longer available online.) In: Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; accessed on January 16, 2011 .
Web links
Commons : Plumbridge - collection of images, videos and audio files
