Park is a small village 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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. It sits on the banks of the
River Faughan
The River Faughan (; ) is a river in northwest Northern Ireland.
Legend
According to ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' (11th century), Fochain was a daughter of Partholón, an ancient settler of Ireland. In the ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'', Cúchulainn me ...
and the foothills of the
Sperrin Mountains
The Sperrins or Sperrin Mountains () are a mountain range in Northern Ireland. The range stretches from Strabane and Mullaghcarn in the west, to Slieve Gallion and the Glenshane Pass in the east, in the counties of Tyrone and Londonderry. ...
near the village of
Claudy
Claudy () is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber ...
. The village adjoins the 120-hectare Learmount Forest;
Learmount Castle is situated in the forest, and has stood for hundreds of years.
Sport
The local sports clubs are St Joseph's Craigbane and
St. Mary's GAC Banagher. The teams play at Gerry Crossan Park and Fr. McNally Park respectively.
Notable people
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Antonia Logue, novelist, born in Park
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Kevin Lynch,
hunger striker
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. Hunger strikers that do not take fluids are named d ...
, born in Park
References
External links
St Joseph's Craigbane GAA Club*
NI Neighbourhood Information System
See also
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List of 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 st ...
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List of towns 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 sta ...
Villages in County Londonderry
Derry and Strabane district
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