Dervock
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| Population | 714 (2011 Census) |
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| • Belfast | 51 miles |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BALLYMONEY |
| Postcode district | BT53 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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Dervock (from Irish Script error: No such module "Lang".[1] or Dairbheog)[2] is a small village and townland (of 132 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 3.5 miles (6 km) northeast of Ballymoney, on the banks of the River Bush. It is situated in the civil parish of Derrykeighan and the historic barony of Dunluce Lower.[3] It had a population of 714 people (302 households) in the 2011 census.[4]
Features
The village includes a number of commercial businesses, a primary school and doctor's surgery, as well as recreational and community facilities.
The North Irish Horse Inn, a listed building, named after a famous British Army regiment, the namesake North Irish Horse, and has military memorabilia on display inside, and there is also a remembrance fountain built in 1878.
Demography
Dervock is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 600 and 1,000 people). On census day in 2011 (29 April 2011), there were 711 people living in Dervock. Of these:[5]
- 22.8% were aged under 16 years and 13.3% were aged 60 and over
- 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.
- 1.2% were from a Catholic background and 98.8% were from a Protestant background.[citation needed]
Transport
Dervock railway station opened on 18 October 1880 but closed on 3 July 1950.[6] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry~Londonderry.[7]
People
- Ken McArthur won a gold medal for running the marathon whilst representing his adopted country of South Africa at the Olympic games in 1912 held in Stockholm, Sweden.[8] There is now an avenue in Dervock named in his honour.
- Richard Smyth (1826–1878), Presbyterian minister, and MP for County Londonderry
- Thomas McAfee (1866–1947), Presbyterian minister, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1925–1929
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dearbhóg/Dervock". Logainm.ie (in Irish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dervock". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dervock". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area Profile of Dervock - Based on 2011 Census". NI Neighbourhood Information Service. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dervock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
- ^ BBC news report Script error: No such module "webarchive"., "Kennedy Kane McArthur: Flame still burns for Marathon messenger"
External links
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