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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Magilligan contained the following places:"MAGILLIGAN, (or Tamlaghtard), a parish and post-office village in the barony of Keenaght, county Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles N.E. of Newtown Limavady. It is a station on the Belfast-and Northern Counties railway. The parish is 4 miles long, and its greatest breadth is 3½ miles. The surface lies along the E. shore of the mouth of Lough Foyle, and is principally of a mountainous, barren, and boggy character. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Derry, value £344, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1778. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, Presbyterian meeting-house, two or three Sunday and some half dozen daily schools. Bellavena is the principal seat. It is alleged that St. Colomb founded a religious establishment in the vicinity. Magilligan Point has a coastguard station.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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