Park, County Londonderry

Park Irish: An Pháirc Scots: Tha Fiel [1]
Learmount Road
Park Location within Northern Ireland
District	Derry City and Strabane
County	County Londonderry
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDONDERRY
Postcode district	BT47
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	East Londonderry
NI Assembly	East Londonderry
List of places UK Northern Ireland County Londonderry 54°51′50″N7°05′02″W / 54.864°N 7.084°W / 54.864; -7.084

Park is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It sits on the banks of the River Faughan and the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains near the village of Claudy. The village adjoins the 120-hectare Learmount Forest; Learmount Castle is situated in the forest, and has stood for hundreds of years.

Sport

The local sports clubs are St Joseph's Craigbane and St. Mary's GAC Banagher. The teams play at Gerry Crossan Park and Fr. McNally Park respectively.

Notable people

• Antonia Logue, novelist, born in Park
• Kevin Lynch, hunger striker, born in Park

References

1. Map and Placenames Key Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Derry City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

External links

• St Joseph's Craigbane GAA Club
• Park Festival ^{[ usurped ]}
• NI Neighbourhood Information System

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland