Magheramason

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Magheramason (Irish: Machaire Measáin ) is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about 5 miles from Derry. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 393 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area.

[edit] History

In the 1870s Presbyterians living in the Magheramason area began a campaign to have their own congregation. In August 1877 work began on a meeting house at Magheramason on a site granted by the Duke of Abercorn. The opening service in the new church, took place on 17 November 1878, and the following year the Reverend Thomas Boyd was ordained its first minister.

[edit] References

• NI Neighbourhood Information System
• Bready Ancestry - Magheramason Presbyterian Church

[edit] See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland