Plumbridge
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| Population | 267 (2001 Census) |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
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Plumbridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the banks of the Glenelly River, 16 miles (26 km) south of Derry. In the 2001 census it had a population of 267 people.[3] It lies within Derry City and Strabane District area.
Most of the village is on the northern bank of the Glenelly River, within the townland of Glencoppogagh.[4] However, some of it lies on the southern bank, within the townland of Lisnacreaght.[5]
Religion
The Roman Catholic church is Sacred Heart Church, a Grade B2 listed building,[6] and the Presbyterian church is Glenelly Presbyterian Church, Plumbridge. The village's nearest Church of Ireland church is Upper Badoney Parish Church, a few miles up the Glenelly valley.
Sport
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Glenelly St. Joseph's, was established in 1891. There are ladies' teams and men's teams. It is commonly referred to as Glenelly.[7] In 2015 Glenelly Ladies senior football team won the Tyrone and Ulster Intermediate Championships. The village had applied for membership of the National Ski Club Ireland in 2012 but had faced opposition from critics who argue "there is no snow".
History
Among the notable people that have come from Plumbridge are James MacCullagh 1809–1847, mathematician at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD); his brother John MacCullagh, lawyer of Trinity College Dublin; American frontiersman Robert Campbell; Minnesota legislator Robert Campbell Dunn;[8] and Peter McCullagh, a statistician at the University of Chicago.
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Droichead an Phlum/Plumbridge". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ulstèr Merikay Fowk Pairk – Youngstèrs Wisin". National Museums Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Plumbridge". NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Glencoppogagh, County Tyrone". PlacenamesNI. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lisnacreaght, County Tyrone". PlacenamesNI. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sacred Heart Church, Plumbridge". Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About us". Glenelly St. Joseph's GAC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ROBERT C. DUNN: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Manuscripts Collection". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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