Ballymagorry or Ballymagory is a small village

Village

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 and townland

Townland

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 in County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. It is west of Artigarvan

Artigarvan

Artigarvan is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles from Strabane and 4 miles from Dunnamanagh, within the Strabane District Council area...

 and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Strabane

Strabane

Strabane , historically spelt Straban,is a town in west County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It contains the headquarters of Strabane District Council....

. In the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 it had a population of 565. It lies within the Strabane District Council

Strabane District Council

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 area.

History

It has been a settlement since Plantation

Plantation of Ulster

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 times, being founded in the early 17th century by Scotsman Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw

Greenlaw

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 who died around 1654, and whose brother was James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

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. Within two generations his lands had been consolidated into the Manor of Cloghogall within the extensive Abercorn estate.

Transport

The area was once served by rail, and Ballymagorry had a railway station on the Strabane to Derry

Derry

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 line. Ballymagorry station opened on 7 August 1900 but was shut on 1 January 1955.

2001 Census

Ballymagorry is classified by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) as a Small Village (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 565 people living in Ballymagorry. Of these:

• 25.3% were aged under 16 years and 15.2% were aged 60 and over
• 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female
• 43.7% were from a Catholic
  Catholic
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   background and 54.0% were from a Protestant
  Protestantism
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  background
• 4.8% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service