Place:Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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NameMaghera
Alt namesMachaire Ráthasource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates54.85°N 6.667°W
Located inCounty Londonderry, Northern Ireland


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Maghera (pronounced) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Its population was 2,876 in 1991 and had risen to 3,711 in the 2001 Census. It is a commercial and educational hub for the surrounding villages of Swatragh, Tobermore, Upperlands, Gulladuff and Knockcloghrim.

The Slaughtneil/Carntogher area around the village is unique for being the only rural community in Ireland outside of the Gaeltacht where most primary school children are taught through the Irish language. Maghera also has parishes of Fallalea, Ranaghan and Glen. In the Roman Catholic parish church of St Patrick's there is a headstone remembering the large number of people who died in the parish during the Famine.

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