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Limavady railway station opened on 29 December 1852, closed for passenger traffic on 3 July 1950 and finally closed altogether on 2 May 1955.
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Limavady and railway
Limavady Junction railway station opened on 1 March 1855 and finally closed on 17 October 1976.
* Dungiven was the terminus of the Limavady railway, which closed in 1950.
Although the line was removed, remnants of the line can be found around Limavady, usually in the form of bridges, including the old railway bridge outside Limavady on the Seacoast Road.
Ulsterbus services tend to coincide roughly with the times of the railway service and proceed either west towards Limavady or east to Coleraine.
Limavady and station
Two were members of the security forces and two were civilians who were killed by a bomb as they drove past Limavady RUC station.
Limavady is no longer served by the branch line – the nearest station is at Bellarena, approximately from the town.
Limavady and opened
This was followed by two additional transmitters at Limavady ( opened in 1975 ) and Brougher Mountain ( in 1978 ).
Limavady and on
The headquarters of Limavady Borough Council are based on Connell Street.
* Limavady lies in the scenic Roe Valley area and the Roe Valley Country Park on the River Roe lies to the south west of the town.
* The Broharris Canal was constructed in the 1820s when a cut, some long on the south shore of Lough Foyle near Ballykelly was made in the direction of Limavady.
Following the 2005 local government elections the UUC had two elected councillors: Agnew on Newtownabbey Borough Council and Douglas on Limavady Borough Council.
* Dungiven sits on the main A6 road and has good road links to Derry ( 29 km to the west ) and Limavady ( 13 km to the north ).
The Broharris Canal was constructed in the 1820s when a cut, some two miles long on the south shore of Lough Foyle near Ballykelly was made in the direction of Limavady.
Decisive action by the Royal Ulster Constabulary again calmed the situation down and the battalion moved into a fixed tactical base at Magilligan's Point, north of Limavady on the shores of Lough Foyle.
Bradford was born on 8 June 1941 to a Belfast family resident in Limavady, County Londonderry, due to the wartime evacuation.
Carruthers grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry and studied at the Coleraine Academical Institution and went on to study Political Science and Irish Politics at Queen's University, Belfast.
It lies west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady A2 road and is east of Derry.
The Limavady Railway link by means of a branch line to the main Derry-Belfast line was closed on 2 May 1955.
The Limavady to Dungiven section of the line was closed on 3 July 1950.
Limavady and 29
On Census day ( 29 April 2001 ) there were 12, 135 people living in Limavady.
Limavady and closed
In the same year it closed the Macfin — Kilrea section of the former NCC's Derry Central Railway and the freight-only former NCC line from Limavady to Dungiven.
In 1955 the UTA closed the ( by then freight-only ) branches to Cookstown and Limavady, and the line between Castlewellan and Newcastle, County Down ( which was worked by the GNR ).
Limavady and for
Limavady is a prosperous service centre for the Roe valley, but as a retail centre it is subject to increasing competition from Derry, Coleraine and to a lesser extent Ballymena.
Limavady is most famous for the tune Londonderry Air collected by Jane Ross in the mid-19th century from a local fiddle player.
The inhabitants of Limavady appealed for the building of a canal from Lough Foyle to the town but were turned down, and the Broharris Canal was the nearest they came to achieving such a navigable link.
A proposed by-pass for Dungiven, following a route to the south west of the town, has been marked-out since the 1973 Limavady Area Plan.
Coleraine has the headquarters of Coleraine Borough Council which are situated overlooking the River Bann. Overlooking the River Bann The Borough Council area together with the neighbouring district of Limavady, forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly, despite some of the borough being in County Antrim.
The Utility Regulator for Northern Ireland has awarded Bord Gáis a licence to supply homes and businesses in the towns and cities near the two pipelines-Antrim, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Craigavon, Derry, Limavady and Newry-where the local subsidiaries of BG use the trading name of firmus energy.
Hugh Henry who was MP for Limavady 1713 and Antrim 1727-43 built a house which resembled Oakley Park in Celbridge.
Later local TV licences were awarded for stations in Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Coleraine, Derry, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fawley, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Leicester, Limavady, Londonderry, Manchester, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Swansea, Taunton, Teeside and York.
The club offer suggested that they would ensure Tevez stayed match fit and would avoid being cup tied at Limavady but asked that City continued to pay his reported £ 200, 000 per week wages, a figure higher than Limavady's entire turnover for a year.
The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of Limavady and part of Derry City Council, forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
The Subsidiary Shield final resulted in a win for The Royal School, Armagh over Limavady Grammar School.
Limavady and passenger
It also withdrew passenger services from the former NCC branch lines to Cookstown, Draperstown and Limavady and the Magherafelt — Kilrea section of the Derry Central.
A ballast train from Limavady ran into the back of the 07. 00 Londonderry to Belfast passenger train at Castlerock.
Limavady and 3
On 3 May 1922 an attempt was made to set fire to coaches stabled at Limavady but was foiled by the prompt action of staff.
Limavady and July
In July 2011 a UVF flag flying in Limavady was deemed legal by the PSNI after the police had received complaints about the flag from nationalist politicians.
* Limavady and Dungiven Railway () ( July 1883 / February 1907 ).
Limavady and .
* Newtown Y. F. C., a youth football team, from Limavady, Northern Ireland
Limavady (; ) is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop.
In the 30 years after 1971 Limavady ’ s population almost doubled.
Limavady and its surrounding settlements derive from Celtic roots, although no-one is sure about the exact date of Limavady's origins.
Early records tell of Saint Columba, who presided over a meeting of the Kings at Mullagh Hill near Limavady in 575 AD, a location which is now part of the Roe Park Golf Resort.
In the Limavady area, the predominate family was the O ' Cahans.
This gave Limavady its name, Limavady being the anglicised version of Leim an Mhadaidh, which means leap of the dog.
During the troubles in Northern Ireland, four people were killed in or near Limavady by the IRA.
Limavady sprang up within the townland of Rathbrady Beg in the parish of Drumachose and was original known as Newtown Limavady.
* Jane Ross, who first transcribed Londonderry Air, was born and lived in Limavady.
The town hosts international events such as the Danny Boy Festival, the Limavady Jazz and Blues Festival and the Roe Valley Folk Festival.
Limavady is in close proximity to City of Derry Airport, 15 km to the west, and the port of Derry, 22 km to the west.
* In 2003 a road bypass was completed to the north of Limavady at a cost of £ 11. 5 million.
* The Limavady Railway was a branch line to the main Derry – Belfast line.
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