5-621: Plumbridge is a small village in Co. Tyrone Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the banks of the Glenelly River . In the 2001 Census it had a population of 267 people. It lies within Derry City and Strabane District area. Most of the village is on the northern bank of the Glenelly River, within the townland of Glencoppogagh. However, some of it lies on the southern bank, within
10-702: A statistician at the University of Chicago. Glenelly River Glenelly River is a river in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . It flows westwards along the long linear Glenelly Valley to the south of Sawel Mountain , following one of the principal fault-lines in the Sperrin Mountains . The river meanders across a complex, undulating floodplain of alluvium and glacial moraine . The channel has often carved deep ridges within these soft deposits, creating steep, irregular mounds and pockets of peaty marsh on
15-713: Is commonly referred to as Glenelly. In 2015 Glenelly Ladies senior football team won the Tyrone and Ulster Intermediate Championships. The village had applied for membership of the National Ski Club Ireland in 2012 but had faced opposition from critics who argue "there is no snow". Among the notable people that have come from Plumbridge are James MacCullagh 1809–1847, mathematician at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD); his brother John MacCullagh, lawyer of Trinity College Dublin; American frontiersman Robert Campbell ; Minnesota legislator Robert Campbell Dunn; and Peter McCullagh ,
20-557: The townland of Lisnacreaght. The Roman Catholic church is Sacred Heart Church , a Grade B2 listed building, and the Presbyterian church is Glenelly Presbyterian Church, Plumbridge. The village's nearest Church of Ireland church is Upper Badoney Parish Church , a few miles up the Glenelly valley. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Glenelly St. Joseph's , was established in 1891. There are ladies teams and men's teams. It
25-540: The valley floor. The otter has been recorded in the Glenelly River, which is important also for salmon and trout . The village of Plumbridge stands on the banks of the Glenelly River which flows on to join the Owenkillew River near Newtownstewart . 54°44′N 7°18′W / 54.733°N 7.300°W / 54.733; -7.300 This article related to a river in Northern Ireland
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