Maghera
Maghera ( Irish: machaire Rátha; engl. "Plain of the ring fort" ) is a city in the north- east of Ireland in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
The place
The town was built around the Maghera St. Lurach 's Church, the - was founded around the year 500 - originally as a monastery. Today belongs to the Maghera Magherafelt District, located 13 kilometers south of Maghera.
Classroom Maghera is one of Mid Ulster. At the Census 2001 population was determined for Maghera of 3711 people ( according to 2876 Census at 1991). Of these, 72.4 % were Roman Catholic, while 27.1 % had a Protestant background. While the Northern Ireland conflict, 14 people came in Maghera killed.
Already in 1830 it had come on July 12 at the Orange parades disputes, which resulted in several houses of Catholic residents were burned by Protestants.
Traffic
Maghera is located at the intersection of the A42 coming from the east with the north- south running A29 and only 1 km from the A6 which connects Belfast Derry.
On the rail Maghera was connected 1880-1959.
Archeology
Maghera is one of the places in Ireland, where cross slabs were found. North of Maghera is the rampart extension Lady, the Court tomb of Tamnyrankin and Tirnony Dolmen.
Personalities
- Charles Thomson (1729-1824), American writer and politician
Other places with the same name
Maghera is also the name of townlands and a mountain in Co. Clare, north of Limerick, on the summit of a 122 -meter-high radio mast is ( Coordinates: 52 ° 58'6 " N 8 ° 43'6 " W).