Claudy

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Claudy
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Claudy
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,336 (2011 Census)
Irish grid reference C541075
•  Belfast 62 mi (100 km)
District
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDONDERRY
Postcode district BT47
Dialling code 028, +44 28
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UK
Northern Ireland
County Londonderry
54°54′43″N07°09′16″W / 54.91194°N 7.15444°W / 54.91194; -7.15444

Claudy (from Irish Clóidigh, meaning 'the one who washes/the strong-flowing one') [2] is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber Upper and the historic barony of Tirkeeran. [3] It is also part of Derry and Strabane district.

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Claudy had a population of 1,336 people in the 2011 census. [4] It has two primary schools, two churches and a college named St Patrick's and St. Brigid's College.

History

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, 13 people were killed in or near the village of Claudy. Nine of these people (all civilians) — including a nine-year-old child — were killed in the Claudy bombing of 31 July 1972. In this incident three suspected Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in Main Street. Inadequate warning was given, and no paramilitary group has ever admitted responsibility for the bombing. [5] Of the other four people to be killed in Claudy, three were Protestant members of the security forces (two Ulster Defence Regiment and one Royal Ulster Constabulary), and all were killed by the IRA in separate incidents. The other person to be killed was a Catholic civilian killed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters. All 13 victims were killed during a relatively brief period, from 1972 to 1976.

Because of Claudy's small population, it has one of Northern Ireland's higher Troubles-related fatality rates. The 13 people killed there in the Troubles are equivalent to one per cent of the village's 2001 population; in comparison, the death rate in Belfast was equivalent to just over half a per cent of the city's 2001 population, and that in Derry a quarter of a per cent. [6]

Sport

Demography

2011 census

In the 2011 census, Claudy had a population of 1,340 people (504 households). [7]

On census day 27 March 2011, in Claudy Settlement, considering the resident population:

2001 census

Claudy is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,316 people living in Claudy. Of these:

Education

NIMDM deprivation 2005

Of 582 wards in Northern Ireland, Claudy is ranked 241st. [8]

See also

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