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Ballyscullion () is a small
St. Tida's Church, Ballyscullion
in the late 1650s until 1659.
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Ballyscullion () is a small village
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and civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in County Londonderry
County Londonderry (Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry (), is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, count ...
, Northern Ireland
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. In the 2001 census it had a population of 291 people. The civil parish of Ballyscullion covers areas of County Antrim
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as well as County Londonderry. The village is situated within Mid-Ulster District
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.
People
Increase Mather
Increase Mather (; June 21, 1639 Old Style – August 23, 1723 Old Style) was a History of New England, New England Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the sixth President of Harvard University, President of Harvard College (la ...
served as a minister aSt. Tida's Church, Ballyscullion
in the late 1650s until 1659.
Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Church of England, Anglican prelate.
Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and Translation (ecclesiastical), translated to the see of Derry in 1 ...
, known as "The Earl-Bishop", was Bishop of Cloyne
The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with other bishopri ...
from 1767 to 1768, and as Bishop of Derry
The Bishop of Derry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the monastic settlement originally founded at Daire Calgach and later known as Daire Colm Cille, Anglicised as Derry. In the Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in ...
from 1768 to 1803. He built Downhill House and Ballyscullion House, residences which he adorned with rare works of art.
See also
*List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
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*List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city ...
* List of civil parishes of County Londonderry
*List of civil parishes of County Antrim
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