Ballinderry

Infobox Place Ireland
name = Ballinderry
irish = Baile an Doire
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province = Ulster
county = County Londonderry, County Tyrone
NI district = Cookstown
UK constituency = Mid Ulster
EU constituency = Northern Ireland
stdcode = 028, +44 28
posttown = Cookstown
postcode = BT80, BT45
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Ballinderry (derive|Irish|Baile an Doire|Town of the oak wood) is a small parish situated on the County Londonderry / County Tyrone border in Northern Ireland. It is a rural region of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh, with relative close proximity to Cookstown, Coalisland, Magherafelt and Dungannon. Ballinderry is beside Ardboe, Moortown, The Loup and Ballyronan.

The parish contains two small villages: Ballylifford and Derrychrin. Ballinderry gives its name to one of the three electoral areas that make up Cookstown District Council. Two councillors live in Ballinderry: Michael McIvor (Sinn Féin) and Patsy McGlone (Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Martin McGuinness is MP for the area. Sinn Féin has a branch in the town, known as the "Volunteers Heron/Wilkinson/McNally Cumann".

Places of interest

Ballinderry River flows into Lough Neagh at Ballinderry. The river has formed the border between the two counties of Londonderry and Tyrone since the creation of the former. It is regarded by anglers as one of the best trout rivers in Ulster, and is also good for salmon. One variety of trout, known as dollaghan, is native to the Lough Neagh area. Canoeing is also popular along the river and canoe steps have been built at several points to aid the sport's participants.

Due to its location on the shores of Lough Neagh, fishing was historically the primary source of income for many local people.

People of interest

*Seán Larkin ( _ga. Seán Ó Lorcain) was a militant Irish republican from the townland of Bellagherty (Baile Uí Facharthaigh) in Ballinderry. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers in the early 1910s, and was later a member of the Irish Republican Army (3rd Western Division) during the Irish War of Independence. He did not support the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which gave independence to most of Ireland (as the Irish Free State) because it allowed Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom and fought for the "anti-treaty" side in the Irish Civil War which followed. He was executed by the Irish Free State on March 14 1923. Republicans hold commemorations at his graveside every year.
*Declan Bateson - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
*Enda Muldoon - All Star winning Derry footballer.
*Kevin McGuckin - Current Derry player and vice-captain.
*Conleith Gilligan - Current Derry player
*James Conway - Current Derry player
*Niall McCusker - Current Derry player
*Coilín Devlin - Current Derry player
*Michael McIver - Current Derry player
*Raymond Wilkinson - Current Derry player
* Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, lived in Ballinderry from 1903 to 1911. He became a general practitioner and worked in Eastbourne, England from 1922. He was charged in 1957 with the murder of 2 patients but was acquitted. He was however, suspected of causing the death of 163 other patients. [Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9]

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*Gaelic games are the most popular sports in the area, with Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC ( _ga. Baile an Doire na Seamróga) being the local club. Pairc na Seamróg is the team's grounds. Ballinderry, best known for winning the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 2002, fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10 U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve, Thirds and Senior levels. There are also Minor and Senior Camogie teams. [ [http://ulster.gaa.ie/Derry%20Clubs/ballinderry.html The Birth Of Gaelic Football In Ballinderry] ]
*Angling is also popular in the area, judging by the growing membership of "Ballinderry Bridge Angling Club".

Education

* Ballylifford Primary School - Catholic primary school
* Derrychrin Primary School - Catholic primary school

Townlands

References

* [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]
* [http://www.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/parishes/par025.htm The Public Reference Office of Northern Ireland]
* [http://www.ballinderrygac.com/index.html Ballinderry GAC Website]
* [http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/shortbreaks/product.aspx?ProductID=1966 Discover Northern Ireland article on Ballinderry River]

External links

* [http://www.ballinderrygac.com/index.html Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC]

ee also

*List of villages in Northern Ireland