Donaghcloney

Coordinates: 54°25′12″N 6°15′37″W / 54.419979°N 6.260319°W / 54.419979; -6.260319

Donaghcloney
Irish: Domhnach Cluana
St Patrick's church
Donaghcloney shown within Northern Ireland
Population	972 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	J129537
- Belfast	23 mi (37 km)
District	Craigavon
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAIGAVON
Postcode district	BT66
Dialling code	028, +44 28
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Upper Bann
NI Assembly	Upper Bann
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Down

Donaghcloney or Donacloney (from Irish: Domhnach Cluana, meaning "church of the meadow")^[1][2] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Lagan between Lurgan, Dromore and Banbridge. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 972.

Linen industry

Donaghcloney is a typical Ulster village linked to the Irish linen industry since 1742. The most recent Ewart Liddell company was formed in 1973 by a merger between William Ewart and Sons which started business in Belfast in 1814 and William Liddell and Company which started in Donaghcloney in 1866. Their factory was the biggest Irish linen, Jacquard weaving company in Ireland, and made the linen for the RMS Titanic^[3], however it is now shut. The name lives on as a sales and marketing company, Liddell Linens, a subsidiary of Hilden Ltd.

Sport

The village has a history of cricket playing over many generations with the Donaghcloney Cricket Club.

Education

• Donaghcloney Primary School

2001 Census

Donaghcloney is classified as a small village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 972 people living in Donaghcloney. Of these:

• 21.8% were aged under 16 years and 21.9% were aged 60 and over,
• 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female,
• 4.0% were from a Catholic background and 93.5% were from a Protestant background,
• 2.5% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

Mill Pond at the abandoned Ewart Riddell Weaving Factory

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

People

Loyalist Robin "the Jackal" Jackson, former leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force's (UVF) Mid-Ulster Brigade, was a notable resident of Donaghcloney up until his death of lung cancer at the age of 52 on 30 May 1998.

References

1. ^ Placenames NI
2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
3. ^ [1]

• Craigavon Borough Council
• The Ewart Organisation
• [2]