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Garvagh, the Glossary

Garvagh (or Garbhachadh meaning "rough field") is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.^[1]

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Causeway Coast and Glens district

Agivey River

The Agivey River is a medium to large river in County Londonderry.

Ballerin

Ballerin is a small village between Garvagh and Ringsend in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Garvagh and Ballerin are Causeway Coast and Glens district and villages in County Londonderry.

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Baron Garvagh

Baron Garvagh, of Garvagh in the County Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Billie Nicholl

William Sharman Crawford Nicholl (c. 1851–1937) was a New Zealand prospector and gold mine developer.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Causeway Coast and Glens

Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland.

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Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere.

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Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann,; Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.

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Coleraine (from Cúil Raithin, 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002.) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Garvagh and Coleraine are Causeway Coast and Glens district.

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County Londonderry

County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.

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Derry Central Railway

The Derry Central Railway was an Irish gauge railway in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh

Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh, known in English as Denis Hampsey, Denis Hampson or Denis Hempson (1695 – 5 or 11 November 1807), was an Irish harper.

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East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)

East Londonderry is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

East Londonderry (also known as East Derry) is a constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Frederick William FitzSimons

Frederick William FitzSimons (6 August 1870 Garvagh, Ireland – 25 March 1951 Grahamstown), was an Irish-born South African naturalist, noted as a herpetologist for his research on snakes and their venom, and on the commercial production of anti-venom.

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Garvagh High School

Garvagh High School was a secondary school located in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Garvagh railway station

Garvagh railway station was on the Derry Central Railway which ran from Magherafelt to Macfin Junction in Northern Ireland.

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Glenullin

Glenullin was previously a rural area but has now expanded to become a small village in a valley between the villages of Garvagh, Swatragh and Dungiven, and lies in the borough of Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Garvagh and Glenullin are villages in County Londonderry.

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Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras).

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James Dougherty (civil servant)

Sir James Brown Dougherty, (13 November 1844 – 3 January 1934) was an Irish clergyman, academic, civil servant and politician.

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John Laurence Rentoul

John Laurence Rentoul (6 July 1845 – 15 April 1926), was a member of the Presbyterian clergy and a poet.

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Moneydig Presbyterian Church

Moneydig Presbyterian Church is a church building of the Coleraine and Limavady presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster (Plandáil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James VI and I. Most of the settlers (or planters) came from southern Scotland and northern England; their culture differed from that of the native Irish.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Raising of school leaving age

The raising of school leaving age (ROSLA) is an act brought into force when the legal age a child is allowed to leave compulsory education increases.

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The Battle of Garvagh

"The Battle of Garvagh" is a traditional Northern Irish song of the nineteenth century.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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The Troubles in Garvagh

The Troubles in Garvagh affected Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during the period of ethno-nationalist conflict known as The Troubles, which affected Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1998.

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Ulsterbus

Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garvagh

Also known as Garvagh Primary School.