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Lavey
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish
Lavey Location in Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°50′31″N 6°33′43″W  /  54.842°N 6.562°W  / 54.842; -6.562
Country	Northern Ireland
County	County Londonderry
District	Mid-Ulster
Time zone	UTC+0 ( WET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST ))

Lavey (from Irish Leamhaigh , meaning 'Place of Elms') ^[1] is a Roman Catholic parish in County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . Lavey is bordered by the parishes of Castledawson , Maghera , Ballyscullion ( Bellaghy ), Greenlough and Kilrea . The parish contains no particularly large settlements, although it accommodates a number of small villages and hamlets, in order of size, these are: Gulladuff , Knockloughrim , Culnady , Tamlaght O'Crilly and Curran . The parish contains around fifteen different townlands . The parish is also closely associated with the civil parish of Termoneeny which covers the southern half of Lavey. There is also a parish called Lavey in County Cavan .

Sport [ edit ]

Lavey GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, with twenty-three teams: Gaelic football , hurling , camogie and ladies football teams of many age groups. The club has had many successes, and players from it have gone on to become GAA all stars .

Termoneeny Cycling Club - Formed in 2009 with over 50 members.

People [ edit ]

• Phelim Boyle - Irish economist and distinguished professor and actuary, and a pioneer of quantitative finance. He is best known for initiating the use of Monte Carlo methods in option pricing.
• Henry Downey - Captain of the Derry GAA team's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. All Star winner and Texaco Footballer of the Year for 1993.
• Johnny McGurk - All Star winner and member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
• Anthony McGurk - Two-time All Star winning Gaelic footballer.
• Kevin McCloy - All Star winner and current Derry footballer.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Lavey Parish's official website
• The Townland of Dreenan

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