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3 unusual facts about Magherafelt


Alexander Boden

In Williams youth, he went to join his uncle in the latter's evidently prosperous drapery story in Magherafelt, County Londonderry.

Dermot Heaney

Heaney attended St. Pius College in Magherafelt and won two Ulster & two All-Ireland U-16 Vocational Schools Championships.

Petra White

Petra conducted readings and workshops at many venues throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland including the Bealtaine Festival in Dublin, Laurel Villa in Magherafelt and Writers' Week at Listowel.


Miles Clark

Born Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 3 November 1960, he was the son of Wallace Clark and the godson of Miles Smeeton, themselves both distinguished yachtsmen and authors.

Moyola Park F.C.

The club, founded in 1880, hails from Castledawson, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and plays its home matches at the Mill Meadow, which has an artificial "3G" surface.

One for the Man Over There

The album was only released at a small Magherafelt record store and a Belfast HMV, which the band performed at to promote the album, however the album is extremely rare and is hard to find the physical copy and an online download.

Wendy Houvenaghel

She went to Ampertaine County Primary School in Upperlands and Rainey Endowed Grammar School in Magherafelt.


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