Cargan ()Placenames NI
is a

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and

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. It lies at the foot of Slievenanee in Glenravel – locally known as "The Tenth Glen" along with the more widely known nine

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district. It had a population of 588 people (223 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 411 people)

History

One of the earliest anglicisations of the townland of Cargan is Carrigan. In the late 1800s, the village of Cargan was known as Fisherstown. An iron ore mine was opened up around the same time. The ore was shipped to

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, first by horse, then from 1875 by railway to Ballymena. The railway closed in 1937.

Transport

The Ballymena to Cargan railway line was opened in 1875 and extended to Parkmore and Retreat in 1876.

Cargan railway station Cargan railway station served the local mines and the village of Cargan and was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. History The station was opened by the Bel ...

opened on 1 June 1894, was closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930, and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937. It was on the

Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway The Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway was a narrow gauge railway between Ballymena and Retreat, both in County Antrim, in what is now Northern Ireland. It operated from 1875 to 1940. History The railway line was incorporated in 187 ...

which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to

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from 1875 to 1940.

2011 Census

On Census day in 2011: *91.2% were from a

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background and 6.5% were from a

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background

References

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Higgins Family of Glenravel
{{authority control Villages in County Antrim

History

Transport

2011 Census

See also

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