Castledawson
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| Population | 2,289 (2011 Census) |
| • Belfast | 35 mi (56 km)* |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MAGHERAFELT |
| Postcode district | BT45 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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| Police | Northern Ireland |
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Castledawson is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Shanemullagh (Script error: No such module "params"., IPA:[ˈanˠˈʃanˠˌwʊl̪ˠəx]),[1] about four miles from the north-western shore of Lough Neagh, and near the market town of Magherafelt. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,289.[2]
History
The village sits on the River Moyola and was originally called "Dawson's Bridge". The bridge that crossed the river here was once the largest single span stone bridge in Ireland. The village was named after its 'castle' (actually a large manor house) built by Joshua Dawson in 1713. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland and founded the village in 1710. The Dawson estate, Shanemullagh, shares its name with the original townland name.[3] The Dawson family also founded Christ Church, on the edge of that estate, in the early 18th century.[4]
On 29 June 1912, a large group of Ancient Order of Hibernians members, allegedly drunk after having held a parade, clashed with a party of Presbyterian Sunday School children in Castledawson, who were returning from their annual excursion, in what became known as the Castledawson Incident. The prominent Presbyterian reverend James Armour laid the blame for the incident on alcohol and "the mad Orangemen of the locality," who he believed may have set up the incident. The response to this incident saw rioting in Belfast that resulted in roughly 2,000 Catholic shipyard workers and 500 Protestant Home Rulers being violently driven from their jobs at the Workman and Clarke shipyard.[5]
In March 1922, during the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army shot dead an off-duty Special Constable while carrying out a bomb attack on the Moyola Bridge at Castledawson.[6]
In 1943, Nestlé built and opened a factory that made sweetened condensed milk. However, it was closed in the 1970s. Today it is the home of the award-winning Ditty's Bakery and Moyola Precision Engineering, a noted innovator of aerospace components.
The River Moyola is popular with anglers and has managed stocks of salmon (but also has perch, eel, trout, bream and pike). Dominating the horizon to the south-west of the village is a dramatic ráth.
People
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Famous natives have included:
- James Chichester-Clark, a direct descendant of the Dawsons, who was the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1971.
- Marian Donnelly, former President of the Workers' Party, was born in Castledawson in 1938.
- Ciaran Gribbin, singer-songwriter and producer
- Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, playwright and translator, was born near Castledawson in 1939.
Transport
Castledawson railway station opened on 10 November 1856, closed for passenger traffic on 28 August 1950, and finally closed altogether on 1 October 1959.[7]
The main A6 Belfast to Derry road passed through Castledawson from 1971, when the nearby Castledawson roundabout was built, in anticipation of the completion of the M22, which was never forthcoming, until 1992, when it was finally bypassed by a single-carriageway A6 upgrade. This section is currently being dualled, marking the end of a 47-year wait for the high-quality bypass it was promised, all those decades ago.
Education
- Castledawson Primary School
- New Row Saint Patrick's Primary School
Sport
Castledawson is home to the association football club Moyola Park, the Gaelic Athletic Association club St Malachys G.A.C. Castledawson and the eighteen hole Moyola golf club.
2011 census
According to the 2011 census, Castledawson has 3,329 residents. 53.44% of the Castledawson ward were Catholic, while 43.47% were Protestant.[8]
In terms of National Identity, 8 choices were provided and the breakdown is as follows[9]
| Northern Ireland Census 2011 | |
| National Identity | % |
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| British only | 38.45% |
| Irish only | 27.04% |
| Northern Irish only | 24.48% |
| British and Irish only | 0.27% |
| British and Northern Irish only | 4.18% |
| Irish and Northern Irish only | 2.01% |
| British, Irish and Northern Irish only | 0.39% |
| Other | 3.18% |
References
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- ^ Placenames NI Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research. "statistics". www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Place Names NI
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McGaughey, Jane G. V. (9 March 2012). Ulster's Men: Protestant Unionist Masculinities and Militarization in the North of Ireland, 1912-1923. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 53–4. ISBN 9780773539723. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign. Mercier Press, 2011. p.252
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Castledawson station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
- ^ 2011 Census for Northern Ireland
- ^ Culture Northern Ireland
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