Dunadry
| Dunadry | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Dunadry River near Old Mill in 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | J200850 |
| Location: | 54°41’56"N, 6°8’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 430 (2011) |
| Postcode: | BT41 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Antrim |
Dunadry is a small village (and a townland of 657 acres) in County Antrim, found three miles from Antrim itself, within the Barony of Antrim Upper.[1]
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 430 (in 190 households)
Contents
Name
The name of the village is derived from the Irish language; Dún Eadradh meaning "Middle fort".[2]
Around 1251 the name of Dunadry townland was recorded as Dunedergel. The Irish Dún Eadradh may reinterpret an earlier name, Dún Eadarghabhal ("Fort between forks"), referring to a fort which formerly stood in the junction between the Six Mile Water River and the Rathmore Burn. The 1838 Ordnance Survey Memoir records Dunadry as taking its name from a fort which stood about 100 yards to the north of the village.[2]
History
The site of an ancient church and graveyard, formerly the parish church of the Grange of Nilteen, lies in the townland. In the Papal Taxation of circa 1306 the church is recorded as Ecclesia de Drumnedergal. The Ordnance Survey Memoir of 1838 records, however, that the foundations of the church were wholly removed and the burial ground cultivated.[2]
Dunadry railway station was opened on 11 April 1848 but closed on 20 September 1954.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dunadry) |
References
- ↑ "Dunadry". http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dunadry - Placenames NI
- ↑ "Dunadry station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
