- Lavey
Infobox Irish Place
name = Lavey
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pin coords = left: 110px; top: 58px
province = Ulster
population = 600
census yr = 2001
county =County Londonderry
NI district = Magherafelt
|Lavey is a fairly large
parish inCounty Londonderry ,Northern Ireland . Lavey is is bordered by the parishes ofCastledawson ,Maghera ,Bellaghy ,Greenlough andKilrea . The parish contains no particularly large settlements, although it accommodates a number of small villages and hamlets, in order of size, these are:Gulladuff ,Knockcloghrim ,Culnady ,Tamlaght O'Crilly and Curran. The parish houses around fifteen differenttownlands .Sport
Lavey GAC is the localGaelic Athletic Association club, with twenty-three teams:Gaelic football ,hurling ,camogie and ladies football teams of many age groups. The club has had many successes, and players from it have gone on to become GAA all stars.People
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Henry Downey - Captain of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. All Star winner andTexaco Footballer of the Year for 1993.
*Séamus Downey - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
*Johnny McGurk - All Star winner and member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
*Anthony McGurk - Two-time All Star winning Gaelic fotballer.
*Kevin McCloy - All Star winner and current Derry footballer.
*Jack Convery - Derry footballer who represented Ulster in theRailway Cup on two occasions.
*Eugene Laverty - Gaelic footballer in 1960s and 1970s.
*Paddy Chivers - Gaelic footballer in 1960s and 1970s.External links
* [http://www.lmi.utvinternet.com/ Lavey Parish's official website]
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