Claudy
| Claudy | |
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 Main Street in the village |
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| Claudy shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 1,336 (2011 Census) |
| Irish grid reference | C541075 |
| • Belfast | 62 mi (100 km) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDONDERRY |
| Postcode district | BT47 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
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Claudy (from Irish: Clóidigh, meaning "the one who washes/the strong-flowing one") is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber Upper and the historic barony of Tirkeeran. It is also part of Derry and Strabane district.
Claudy had a population of 1,336 people in the 2011 Census. It has two primary schools, two churches and a college named St Patrick's and St. Brigid's College.
During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, 13 people were killed in or near the village of Claudy in County Londonderry. Nine of these people, including one nine-year-old child, were killed in the Claudy bombing of 31 July 1972, in which three suspected Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in Main Street. Inadequate warning was given, and no paramilitary group has ever admitted responsibility for the bombing. Of the other four people to be killed in Claudy, three were Protestant members of the security forces (two Ulster Defence Regiment and one Royal Ulster Constabulary), and all were killed by the IRA in separate incidents. The other person to be killed was a Catholic civilian killed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters. All 13 victims died during a relatively brief period, from 1972 to 1976.
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