Burnfoot, County Londonderry

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Population195 (2001 Census)
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Post town LIMAVADY
Postcode district BT
Dialling code 028
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54°58′10″N6°56′21″W / 54.969535°N 6.939082°W / 54.969535; -6.939082
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Burnfoot

Burnfoot is a small village within the townland of Bonnanaboigh in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. [1]

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Features

It is beside the River Roe, with the greater part of the built up area on the western side of Drumrane Road. The village has a good range of social, educational and recreational facilities, but commercial services are limited. [1]

It has quite a large village shop, football fields and a primary school plus Orange Hall. Burnfoot has two churches, Bovevagh Church of Ireland (St. Eugenius) and Camnish Presbyterian Church. [2] The Church of Ireland are currently developing a new parish centre for the development of the parish. Burnfoot has its own community hall and youth clubs such as the Girls Brigade. [1] It has had a housing development called Rosebrook which added at least 15 houses to the area, [3] making the population now about 250. In 2010 a man appeared in court charged with provocative behaviour after removing a loyalist flag from a lamppost in the area. The judge stated he should be commended for his actions. [4]

Ameneties

Burnfoot contains a fishing trail that Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council stated they were looking to extend to Dungiven. [5] Burnfoot contains Bovevagh Old Church, a former medieval church that was built upon an older monastery that was believed to have been founded by St Columba in 557. [6] There was a wooden church until 1100 when it burned down and was rebuilt in stone. [5] It was in use as a parish church until the 19th century and had its own erenaghs until the 17th century. [5]

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Boveva Orange Hall

Transport

The village has good road links via Dungiven, but has limited public transport connections. [7]

Education

Drumrane Primary School ( An amalgamation of Dungiven PS Largy PS, and Burnfoot PS, which is situated beside the old Burnfoot Primary School in Burnfoot. [2]

Sport

Burnfoot United F.C. football club, founded in 1975, plays in the Coleraine and District Junior Premier League. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dungiven Masterplan" (PDF). Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Burnfoot settlement appraisal maps" (PDF). Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Your Place And Mine - Londonderry - John Moore of Bovevagh". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Flag remover 'should be thanked'". BBC News. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bovevagh Old Church and Mortuary House - Dungiven". Discover Northern Ireland. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Picture This: Burnfoot - Dungiven". Discover Northern Ireland. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bellarena Settlement Designation". Planning Service — Draft Northern Area Plan 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "Local sides in Junior Cup action". Strabane Weekly. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.


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