Kilrea

Kilrea
Irish: *Cill Ria*
Kilrea Irish: Cill Ria;
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	1,678 (2011 Census)
District	Causeway Coast and Glens;
County	County Londonderry;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLERAINE
Postcode district	BT51
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	East Londonderry;
NI Assembly	East Londonderry;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland County Londonderry 54°58′00″N 6°35′00″W / 54.966667°N 6.583333°W

Kilrea (/kɪlˈreɪ/ kil-RAY, from Irish Cill Ria, meaning 'church on the hill')^[1]^[2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It gets its name from the ancient church that was located near where the current Church of Ireland is located on Church Street looking over the town. It is near the River Bann, which marks the boundary between County Londonderry and County Antrim. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,678 people.^[3] It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district.

^ "Placenames NI". placenamesni.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "Cill Ria/Kilrea". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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