Derrycrin or Derrychrin (perhaps ),
Placenames Database of Ireland: Derrycrin
is a small village
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in County Tyrone
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Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
, Northern Ireland
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. It is part of the parish
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of Ballinderry Ballinderry may refer to:
Northern Ireland
* Ballinderry, Mid Ulster, a parish on the border between Counties Londonderry and Tyrone
** Ballinderry Shamrocks, Gaelic Athletic Association club
* Ballinderry, Kilcronaghan civil parish, a townland in ...
and is near the western shore of Lough Neagh
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. The Ballinderry River is a short distance north of the village and marks the boundary between counties Tyrone and Londonderry.
Education
Derrycrin Primary is the local Catholic primary school which caters to children aged four to 11.
Nearby secondary schools include:
* St. Mary's, Magherafelt
Magherafelt ( ; , ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,071 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. It is the biggest town in the south of the county an ...
* Rainey Endowed, Magherafelt
* St Pius', Magherafelt
* Sperrin Integrated, Magherafelt
* Holy Trinity, Cookstown
Cookstown (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth-largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. It, along with Magherafelt and Dungannon, is one of the main towns in the Mid-Ulster ...
* Cookstown High School
* Magherafelt High School
Sport
Gaelic football
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and camogie
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A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
are the biggest sports in Derrycrin and Ballinderry. The local GAA club is the Ballinderry Shamrocks
Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and caters for gaelic football and camogie.
The club's biggest success was win ...
.
See also
* Derrycrin (Conyngham)
* Derrycrin (Eglish)
References
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Villages in County Tyrone