Macosquin

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Macosquin (from the Irish: Magh Coscráin meaning "Coscran's plain") is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) south of Coleraine, on the road to Limavady. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 596 people. It lies within the Coleraine Borough Council area. The area is known for its underground caves and springs.

The village has a primary school, a general store and a modest range of social and recreational facilities. Following rapid growth in the 1950s and 1960s the village had a peak population of over 800 in the 1970s, but this has declined to a 2001 population of 596. After an almost total absence of development in the 1990s there has been a recent increase in private house building.

1 History
2 2001 Census
3 References
4 See also

[edit] History

The origins of Macosquin go back to a 6th century monastic settlement and the village was home to a Cistercian Abbey in the 12th century. Features remain from its subsequent development as a Plantation village laid out at the beginning of the 17th century by The Merchant Taylors.

[edit] 2001 Census

Macosquin is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 596 people living in Macosquin. Of these:

21.8% were aged under 16 years and 16.8% were aged 60 and over
48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
2.4% were from a Catholic background and 96.3% were from a Protestant background
7.6% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service