Magheralin

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Magheralin is a village in the townland of Moira, County Down in Northern Ireland. It is on the main Moira to Lurgan road, and bordering the River Lagan. It is a small place consisting of a pub, a chip shop, a grocery shop, a paper shop, a butchers and a primary school. It had a population of 1,144 people in the 2001 Census. It is within the Craigavon Borough Council area.

Magheralin takes its name from a very early ecclesiastical site - Maghera Clon - which means the 'Plain of the Church'. It's ancient name was Lann Ronan Finn, the Church of Ronan Finn. The parish church was built in medieval times and its remains form part of the ruined church in the old village graveyard. The post-medieval settlement appears to have developed along the main road and near to the parish church, with an industrial focus to the south, beside the river. The village is grouped around the junction of a number of roads, and has an attractive parish church and several fine planters' houses, such as Blacklion and Drumcro by Newforge Bridge over the River Lagan. There are two village churches date back to the 1840s and display fine architecture and stained glass.

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There is an old song called "The Ducks of Magheralin". The first verse is as follows:

It is just about a year ago that I went to see the King,

And on my voyage in Ulster my troubles they were twin;

He decorated me with medals, and they were made of tin,

"Go home," says he, "you kittery. You're the Mayor of Magheralin."

Robert William Radclyffe Dolling (1851–1902), English divine, known as Father Dolling, was born at Magheralin.
John Macoun (1831–1920) was a Canadian naturalist born in Magheralin to James Macoun and Anne Jane Nevin, who emigrated to Canada in 1850.

Maralin Village Primary School
St. Patrick's Primary School,

Magheralin is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,144 people living in Magheralin. Of these:

23.9% were aged under 16 years and 14.7% were aged 60 and over
47.4% of the population were male and 52.6% were female
29.6% were from a Catholic background and 66.8% were from a Protestant background
2.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service