Cargan

Cargan
The Legagrane Road in Cargan
Cargan is located in Northern Ireland
Cargan
Cargan
Location within Northern Ireland
Population588 (2011 Census)
• Belfast25 mi (40 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYCASTLE
Postcode districtBT44
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
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UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°59′37″N 6°10′55″W / 54.99361°N 6.18194°W / 54.99361; -6.18194

Cargan (from Irish an Carraigín, meaning 'the small rock')[1] is a hamlet and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slievenanee in Glenravel – locally known as "The Tenth Glen" along with the more widely known nine Glens of Antrim. It is part of Mid and East Antrim district. It had a population of 588 people (223 households) in the 2011 Census.[2] (2001 Census: 411 people)

  1. ^ Placenames NI Archived August 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Cargan". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.