Plumbridge

Plumbridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the banks of the Glenelly River. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 267 people.[3] It lies within Derry and Strabane District area.

Plumbridge

Bridge over the Glenelly River, Plumbridge
Plumbridge
Location within Northern Ireland
Population267 (2001 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

Most of the village is on the northern bank of the Glenelly River, within the townland of Glencoppagh.[4] However, some of it lies on the southern bank, within the townland of Lisnacreaght.[5]

Religion

The Roman Catholic church is Sacred Heart Church, a Grade B2 listed building,[6] 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.[7] 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;[8] and Peter McCullagh, a statistician at the University of Chicago.

In the year 858AD, Aed Finnliath mac Néill, king of Ailech, heavily defeated a large Viking army inland at Glenn Foichle (Glenelly, in the barony of Upper Strabane).125 The force may have come from Lough Neagh and the Bann.

See also

References
  1. "Ulstèr Merikay Fowk Pairk – Youngstèrs Wisin". National Museums Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. "Droichead an Phlum/Plumbridge". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. "Plumbridge". NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. "Placenames NI: Glencoppogagh". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. "Placenames NI: Lisnacreaght". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  6. "Sacred Heart Church, Plumbridge". Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  7. "About us". Glenelly St. Joseph's GAC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  8. http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00599.xml
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