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Plumbridge

Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Plumbridge
irish_name	Droichead an Phlum
scots_name	Plumbrig
static_image	NI Owenkill river-Plumbridge.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Bridge over the Glenelly River, Plumbridge
map_type	Northern Ireland
coordinates
unitary_northern_ireland	Derry City and Strabane
population	267
population_ref	(2001 Census)
country	Northern Ireland
postcode_area	BT
dial_code	028
constituency_westminster	West Tyrone
constituency_ni_assembly	West Tyrone
lieutenancy_northern_ireland	County Tyrone

Plumbridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the banks of the Glenelly River, 16 mi south of Derry. In the 2001 census it had a population of 267 people. It lies within Derry City and Strabane District area.

Most of the village is on the northern bank of the Glenelly River, within the townland of Glencoppogagh. However, some of it lies on the southern bank, within the townland of Lisnacreaght.

Religion

The Roman Catholic church is Sacred Heart Church, a Grade B2 listed building, and the Presbyterian church is Glenelly Presbyterian Church, Plumbridge. The village's nearest Church of Ireland church is Upper Badoney Parish Church, a few miles up the Glenelly valley.

Sport

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Glenelly St. Joseph's, was established in 1891. There are ladies' teams and men's teams. It is commonly referred to as Glenelly. In 2015 Glenelly Ladies senior football team won the Tyrone and Ulster Intermediate Championships. The village had applied for membership of the National Ski Club Ireland in 2012 but had faced opposition from critics who argue "there is no snow".

History

Among the notable people that have come from Plumbridge are James MacCullagh 1809–1847, mathematician at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD); his brother John MacCullagh, lawyer of Trinity College Dublin; American frontiersman Robert Campbell; Minnesota legislator Robert Campbell Dunn; and Peter McCullagh, a statistician at the University of Chicago.

References

"Droichead an Phlum/Plumbridge". Logainm.ie.
"Ulstèr Merikay Fowk Pairk – Youngstèrs Wisin".
"Plumbridge". NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements.
"Glencoppogagh, County Tyrone".
"Lisnacreaght, County Tyrone".
"Sacred Heart Church, Plumbridge". Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database.
"About us". Glenelly St. Joseph's GAC.
"ROBERT C. DUNN: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Manuscripts Collection".

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