Drumbeg is a small village

Village

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 and townland

Townland

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 on the south bank of the River Lagan

River Lagan

The River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 40 miles from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The River Lagan forms much of the border between County Antrim and County Down. It rises as a tiny fast...

 in County Down

County Down

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. The village is within the Lisburn City Council

Lisburn City Council

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 area and forms part of the suburban fringe of Belfast

Belfast

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.

Places of interest

Of interest is the attractive Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 church (St. Patrick's) with its handsome lych-gate. The grave-yard attached to the church contains several interesting memorials.

2001 Census

Drumbeg is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 727 people living in Drumbeg. Of these:

• 18.4% were aged under 16 years and 23.8% were aged 60 and over
• 45.3% of the population were male and 54.8% were female
• 12.7% were from a Catholic
  Catholic
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   background and 83.2% were from a Protestant
  Protestantism
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  background
• 0.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service