Myroe is a large farming hamlet on the outskirts of

Limavady Limavady (; ) is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. Lying east of Derry and southwest of Coleraine, Limavady had a population of 12,032 people at the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census ...

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. It was built in the late 18th century CE on reclaimed land in the Roe Valley close to

Lough Foyle Lough Foyle, sometimes Loch Foyle ( or "loch of the lip"), is the estuary of the River Foyle, on the north coast of Ireland. It lies between County Londonderry in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Sovereignty over ...

. The village was the venue for the 1991 World

Ploughing Contest A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows. Th ...

. Its inhabitants are known as duck men owing to the number of individuals with webbed toes, thought to have evolved due to the marshy landscape. Local tradition holds that Jane Ross first wrote down the tune ''

The Londonderry Air The "Londonderry Air" is an Irish air that originated in County Londonderry. It is popular among the North American Irish diaspora and is well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the victory sporting anthem of Northern Ireland at ...

'' after hearing it played by a blind fiddler from Myroe named

Jimmy McCurry Jimmy McCurry (James McCurry, 1830–1910), also known as Blind Jimmy McCurry or the Blind Fiddler from Myroe, was a blind Irish fiddler, singer and songwriter from Myroe in County Londonderry. Life James McCurry, one of six children of John a ...

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