Bleary
Village in County Down, Northern Ireland
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Bleary (likely from Irish Bladhraigh)[1] is a small village and townland in County Down,[1][2] Northern Ireland. It is near the County Armagh border and the settlements of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown. In the 2011 Census its population was counted as part of Craigavon.[3] It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area.
History
The Troubles
- 18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers (Arthur McMillan (aged 37), Ian Mutch (aged 31) and Colin Leslie (aged 26)) were killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. The bomb had been left in a derelict house in Bleary.
- 27 April 1975 - Loyalists shot dead three people in Bleary Darts Club. See Bleary Darts Club shooting
- 28 October 1993 - The UVF shot dead two Catholic brothers (Gerrard Cairns, 22, and Rory Cairns, 18) at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.[4]
Education
- Bleary Primary School [5]
Demography
2011 Census
On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.[6]
- 51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 40.6% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
- 53.6% indicated that they had a British national identity, 20.4% had an Irish national identity, and 32.4% had a Northern Irish national identity.
There were 4,081 people living in the Bleary ward.[7]
- 73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 19.9% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
- 70.65% indicated that they had a British national identity, 11.43% had an Irish national identity, and 27.17% had a Northern Irish national identity.
References
- ^ a b Placenames NI
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "I thought it was a Halloween prank ... then UVF gang shot my brothers". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 27 October 2018. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Bleary Primary School, Craigavon".
- ^ "NINIS Redirect".
- ^ "NINIS Redirect".
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