Dervock

Dervock

Coordinates: 55°07′24″N 6°28′08″W / 55.12346°N 6.46899°W / 55.12346; -6.46899

Dervock
Irish: Dearbhóg/Dairbheog
Dervock main Street as seen from a clock tower of the co-op community building - geograph.org.uk - 104482.jpg
Dervock is located in Northern Ireland
Dervock

 Dervock shown within Northern Ireland
Population 601 (2001)
Irish grid reference C978317
    - Belfast  51 miles 
District Ballymoney
County County Antrim
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BALLYMONEY
Postcode district BT53
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament North Antrim
NI Assembly North Antrim
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Antrim

Dervock (from Irish: Dearbhóg[1] or Dairbheog)[2] is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 6km northeast of Ballymoney, on the banks of the Dervock River.

Contents

Features

The village includes a number of commercial businesses, a primary school and doctor’s surgery, as well as recreational and community facilities.

The North Irish Horse Inn, a listed building, named after a famous British Army regiment, has military memorabilia on display inside, and there is also a remembrance fountain built in 1878.

People

Transport

Dervock railway station opened on 18 October 1880 but closed on 3 July 1950.[3] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry.[4]

Demography

Dervock is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with a population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 601 people living in Dervock. Of these[5]:

  • 22.8% were aged under 16 years and 13.3% were aged 60 and over
  • 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female
  • 5.8% were from a Catholic background and 93.3% were from a Protestant background
  • 7.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

See also

References

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Placenames NI
  3. ^ "Dervock station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-23. 
  4. ^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7. 
  5. ^ "Area Profile of Dervock - Based on 2001 Census". NI Neighbourhood Information Service. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/report.asp?SettlementName=Dervock&bandName=Small%20Village,%20Hamlet%20and%20Open%20Countryside. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 

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