Craigarogan
| Craigarogan | |
| County Antrim | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | J270831 |
| Location: | 54°40’48"N, 6°1’51"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Council: | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
Craigarogan is a small village and a townland to the west of Newtownabbey in County Antrim. The village has developed at the junction of the Bernice Road and the Clarke Lodge Road. Also within the townland is a small hamlet, Roughfort. In the 2001 Craigarogan had a population of 69.
The name of the townland is from the Gaelic Carraig Uí Ruagain, meaning "Ó Ruagain's rock".[1]
Sights about the village
Carngraney is a chamber tomb or passage grave found near the village (J270842). The name is from the Irish language, Carn Greine meaning 'Cairn of the Sun'. Locally the name 'Carngraney' has become in common speech 'Granny’s Grave'.
History
In the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Henry Joy McCracken raised the standard of rebellion on 6 June 1798 at Craigarogan rath, near Roughfort. Many Antrim men clearly were cautious because comparatively few United Irishmen assembled at Craigarogan. Singing the Marseillaise, they marched towards Antrim, only to be defeated in the Battle of Antrim the next day.