Cargan
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Cargan
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|---|---|
 The Legagrane Road in Cargan | |
  Cargan Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 588 (2011 Census) |
| • Belfast | 25 mi (40 km) |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BALLYCASTLE |
| Postcode district | BT44 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
Cargan (from Irish an Carraigín, meaning 'the small rock')[1] is a hamlet and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slievenanee in Glenravel – locally known as "The Tenth Glen" along with the more widely known nine Glens of Antrim. It is part of Mid and East Antrim district. It had a population of 588 people (223 households) in the 2011 Census.[2] (2001 Census: 411 people)
History
[edit]One of the earliest anglicisations of the townland of Cargan is Carrigan.[1] In the late 1800s, the village of Cargan was known as Fisherstown. An iron ore mine was opened up around the same time. The ore was shipped to Barrow-in-Furness, first by horse,[3] then from 1875 by railway to Ballymena. The railway closed in 1937.[4]
Transport
[edit]The Ballymena to Cargan railway line was opened in 1875 and extended to Parkmore and Retreat in 1876.[5] Cargan railway station opened on 1 June 1894, was closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930, and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937.[6] It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.[7]
2011 Census
[edit]On Census day in 2011:
- 91.2% were from a Catholic background and 6.5% were from a Protestant background
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Placenames NI Archived August 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cargan". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ The Mountains of Iron, by K J O'Hagan, Mid-Antrim Part 2, 1991.
- ^ "The Drum, County Antrim". Woodland Trust. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ McMinn, JRB. "The Social and Political Structure of North Antrim in 1869". The Glens of Antrim Historical Society. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ "Cargan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
