Ballykelly, County Londonderry

Ballykelly
  • Irish: Baile Uí Cheallaigh
The village centre, located on the A2
Ballykelly is located in Northern Ireland
Ballykelly
Ballykelly
Location within Northern Ireland
Population2,107 (2011 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIMAVADY
Postcode districtBT49
Dialling code028
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County Londonderry
55°02′40″N 7°00′57″W / 55.0445°N 7.01576°W / 55.0445; -7.01576
Ballykelly Presbyterian Church, built 1827

Ballykelly (from Irish Baile Uí Cheallaigh, meaning 'O'Kelly's Townland'[1]) is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady A2 road and is 15 miles (24 km) east of Derry. It is designated as a Large Village[2] and in 2011 the population of Ballykelly was 2,107.[3] It lies within Causeway Coast and Glens district.

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Ballykelly Settlement Designation". Planning Service - Draft Northern Area Plan 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Ballykelly Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.