Bleary

Bleary
Bleary is located in County Down
Bleary
Bleary
Location within County Down
Population1,009 
(estimate based on 2011 census)
Irish grid referenceJ073540
• Belfast24 mi (39 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRAIGAVON
Postcode districtBT63
BT66
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
Websitewww.craigavon.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°25′23″N 6°20′42″W / 54.423025°N 6.344948°W / 54.423025; -6.344948

Bleary (likely from Irish Bladhraigh)[1] is a small village and townland in County Down,[1][2] Northern Ireland. It is near the County Armagh border and the settlements of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown. In the 2011 Census its population was counted as part of Craigavon.[3] It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area.

History

The Troubles

  • 18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers (Arthur McMillan (aged 37), Ian Mutch (aged 31) and Colin Leslie (aged 26)) were killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. The bomb had been left in a derelict house in Bleary.
  • 27 April 1975 - Loyalists shot dead three people in Bleary Darts Club. See Bleary Darts Club shooting
  • 28 October 1993 - The UVF shot dead two Catholic brothers (Gerrard Cairns, 22, and Rory Cairns, 18) at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.[4]

Education

  • Bleary Primary School [5]

Demography

2011 Census

On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.[6]

  • 51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 40.6% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
  • 53.6% indicated that they had a British national identity, 20.4% had an Irish national identity, and 32.4% had a Northern Irish national identity.

There were 4,081 people living in the Bleary ward.[7]

  • 73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 19.9% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
  • 70.65% indicated that they had a British national identity, 11.43% had an Irish national identity, and 27.17% had a Northern Irish national identity.

References

  1. ^ a b Placenames NI
  2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "I thought it was a Halloween prank ... then UVF gang shot my brothers". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 27 October 2018. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Bleary Primary School, Craigavon".
  6. ^ "NINIS Redirect".
  7. ^ "NINIS Redirect".

See also


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