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'''Lurganare''' is a village in [[County Down]].
'''Lurganare''' is a small village and [[townland]] in [[County Down]], situated four miles north of [[Newry]]. It had a population of 195 people in the 2001 Census. Its name is from the Irish ''Lorga an Áir'', meaning "tract of the slaughter".<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14561 Placenames NI]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:06, 9 November 2015

Lurganare
County Down

Lurganare
Location
Grid reference: J0732
Location: 54°13’48"N, 6°21’7"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Newry, Mourne and Down

Lurganare is a small village and townland in County Down, situated four miles north of Newry. It had a population of 195 people in the 2001 Census. Its name is from the Irish Lorga an Áir, meaning "tract of the slaughter".[1]

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