Ballymaguigan

Ballymaguigan
Ballymaguigan is located in Northern Ireland
Ballymaguigan
Ballymaguigan
Location within Northern Ireland
Population2,408 [citation needed]
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBallyronan
Postcode districtBT45
Dialling code028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
County Londonderry
54°45′41″N 6°30′22″W / 54.7614°N 6.5061°W / 54.7614; -6.5061

Ballymaguigan (from Irish Baile Mhic Guaigín, meaning 'McGuigan's townland')[2] is a hamlet and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the northwest shore of Lough Neagh, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Magherafelt. The hamlet forms one part of a parish named Ardtrea North. Ballymaguigan is part of the Mid-Ulster District.

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Queen's University. "Magherafelt (C. Dunbar)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.