Magheralin

Magheralin
Magheralin Parish Church
Magheralin is located in County Down
Magheralin
Magheralin
Location within County Down
Population2,041 
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRAIGAVON
Postcode districtBT67
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°28′N 6°16′W / 54.467°N 6.267°W / 54.467; -6.267
Magheralin Parish Church, The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
Magheralin at night
Parish of Magheralin, St. Patrick's & St. Ronan's

Magheralin (from Irish Machaire Lainne, meaning 'plain of the church')[2] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A3 road between Moira and Lurgan, beside the River Lagan. It had a population of 2,041 people in the 2021 census. The civil parish of Magheralin covers an area of County Down.[3]

Its original name was Lann Rónáin Fhinn, "church of Ronan Finn", a saint from the medieval Irish tale Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Sweeney).[2]

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ a b Place Names NI
  3. ^ "Parishes of Northern Ireland". Public Record Office of NI. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.