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Cargan

Hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Summary

Hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Cargan
irish_name	Carraigín
static_image_name	The Legagrane Road, Cargan - geograph.org.uk - 1547797.jpg
static_image_caption	The Legagrane Road in Cargan
map_type	Antrim
coordinates
population	588
population_ref	(2011 census)
unitary_northern_ireland	Mid and East Antrim
lieutenancy_northern_ireland	County Antrim
constituency_ni_assembly	East Antrim
country	Northern Ireland
post_town	BALLYCASTLE
postcode_area	BT
postcode_district	BT44
dial_code	028
constituency_westminster	North Antrim
belfast_distance_mi	25

Cargan () 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.

History

One of the earliest anglicisations of the townland of Cargan is Carrigan. 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, then from 1875 by railway to Ballymena. The railway closed in 1937.

Transport

The Ballymena to Cargan railway line was opened in 1875 and extended to Parkmore and Retreat in 1876. 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. It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.

Demographics

On census day in 2011, there were 588 people living in Cargan. Of these, 91.2% were from a Catholic background and 6.5% were from a Protestant background.

References

link. (August 4, 2012)
"Cargan". NI Statistics and Research Agency.
The Mountains of Iron, by K J O'Hagan, Mid-Antrim Part 2, 1991.
"The Drum, County Antrim". [[Woodland Trust]].
McMinn, JRB. "The Social and Political Structure of North Antrim in 1869". The Glens of Antrim Historical Society.
"Cargan station". Railscot - Irish Railways.
Baker, Michael HC. (1999). "Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past". [[Ian Allan Publishing]].

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