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Population
  
1,336 (2011 Census)

County
  
County Londonderry

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 8:26 PM

Dialling code
  
28

UK parliament constituency
  
East Londonderry

Irish grid reference
  
C541075

Country
  
Northern Ireland

Post town
  
LONDONDERRY

Province
  
Ulster

District
  
Derry and Strabane

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 92% Humidity

Claudy county derry


Claudy (from Irish: Clóidigh, meaning "the one who washes/the strong-flowing one") is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber Upper and the historic barony of Tirkeeran. It is also part of Derry and Strabane district.

Contents

Map of Claudy, Londonderry, UK

Claudy had a population of 1,336 people in the 2011 Census. It has two primary schools, two churches and a college named St Patrick's and St. Brigid's College.

Eddie paramotoring around claudy and foreglen co derry 04 june 2015


History

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, 13 people were killed in or near the village of Claudy in County Londonderry. Nine of these people, including one nine-year-old child, were killed in the Claudy bombing of 31 July 1972, in which three suspected Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in Main Street. Inadequate warning was given, and no paramilitary group has ever admitted responsibility for the bombing. Of the other four people to be killed in Claudy, three were Protestant members of the security forces (two Ulster Defence Regiment and one Royal Ulster Constabulary), and all were killed by the IRA in separate incidents. The other person to be killed was a Catholic civilian killed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters. All 13 victims died during a relatively brief period, from 1972 to 1976.

Because of Claudy's small population, it has one of Northern Ireland's higher Troubles-related fatality rates. The 13 people killed there in the Troubles are equivalent to one percent of the village's 2001 population; in comparison, the death rate in Belfast was equivalent to just over half a percent of the city's 2001 population, and that in Derry a quarter of a percent.

Sport

  • Claudy has a local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Claudy GAC.
  • Claudy is home to two rival football clubs, Claudy United and Claudy Rovers.
  • The village also has a local leisure centre called the Diamond Centre. It has sporting, gym, and ICT facilities.

    • 2011 Census

    In the 2011 Census, Claudy had a population of 1,336 people (503 households).

    2001 Census

    Claudy is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,316 people living in Claudy. Of these:

  • 26.7% were aged under 16 and 12.3% were aged 60 and over
  • 49.1% of the population were male and 50.9% were female
  • 77.9% were from a Catholic background and 21.4% were from a Protestant background
  • 4.9% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed..

    • For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

    Education

  • St. Patrick's and St. Brigid's College, 55 Main Street, Claudy, County Londonderry BT47 4HR
  • Cumber Claudy Primary School, 20 Cregg Road, Claudy, County Londonderry BT47 4HX
  • St Colmcilles Primary School and Nursery Unit, 23 Main Street, Claudy, County Londonderry BT47 4AA

    • NIMDM deprivation 2005

    Of 582 wards in Northern Ireland, Claudy is ranked 241st.

    References

    Claudy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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