Dervock ( or ''Dairbheog'') is a small

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and

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(of 132 acres) in

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. It is about 3.5 miles (6 km) northeast of

Ballymoney Ballymoney ( , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated ...

, on the banks of the River Bush. It is situated in the

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Derrykeighan Derrykeighan () is a hamlet, civil parish and townland (of 161 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 4 miles (7.5 km) north of Ballymoney. It is situated in the historic barony of Dunluce Lower. History The site of the medieval p ...

and the historic

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Dunluce Lower Dunluce Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its north runs the north-Antrim coast, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Dunluce Upper to the south, Cary to the east, and the North East Liberties of Coleraine to the ...

. It had a population of 714 people (302 households) in the 2011 census.

Features

The village includes a number of commercial businesses, a primary school and doctor's surgery, as well as recreational and community facilities. The North Irish Horse Inn, a

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, named after a famous

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regiment, the namesake North Irish Horse, and has military memorabilia on display inside, and there is also a remembrance fountain built in 1878.

Demography

Dervock is classified as a village by the

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(NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 600 and 1,000 people). On census day in 2011 (29 April 2011), there were 711 people living in Dervock. Of these: *22.8% were aged under 16 years and 13.3% were aged 60 and over *47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female. * 1.2% were from a

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background and 98.8% were from a

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background.

Transport

Dervock railway station opened on 18 October 1880 but closed on 3 July 1950. It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a

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which ran 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to

, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later

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(NCC), main line to Derry~Londonderry. Dervock UDA wall sign

People

* Ken McArthur won a gold medal for running the marathon whilst representing his adopted country of

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at the Olympic games in 1912 held in

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, Sweden.BBC news report
, "Kennedy Kane McArthur: Flame still burns for Marathon messenger" There is now an avenue in Dervock named in his honour. * Richard Smyth (1826–1878),

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...

minister, and MP for

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 ...

* Thomas McAfee (1866–1947), Presbyterian minister, member of the

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1925–1929

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