Ballylifford

Coordinates: 54°40′01″N 6°33′18″W / 54.667°N 6.555°W / 54.667; -6.555

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Ballylifford Roman Catholic Church in 2006

Ballylifford (from Irish: Baile Leithearr meaning "townland of the short turn") is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is within the civil parish of Ballinderry, on the western shores of Lough Neagh. Many of the houses in the area have been built along Ballinderry Bridge Road.

Education

The only school in the area, Ballylifford Primary School (formerly Ballylifford National School), is a Catholic primary school for children between the ages of four and 11.

Sport

Gaelic games is the most popular sports in the area, with the largely successful Derry champions Ballinderry Shamrocks (Baile an Doire na Seamróg) being the local team.

People of interest

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Seán Larkin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and hunger striker from Bellagherty, a townland of Ballinderry less than 1 km from Ballylifford. He attended Ballylifford National School as a boy. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and later the 3rd Western Division Flying Column of the Irish Republican Army. He fought in the Irish War of Independence and after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he fought on the anti-treaty side of the Irish Civil War. He was opposed to the partition of Ireland and was captured and imprisoned by Free State forces close to the end of the war. He was executed by the Free State on 14 March 1923.

Politics

Administratively Ballylifford (along with the rest of Ballinderry) is part of Cookstown District Council. Martin McGuinness is Member of Parliament for the area. Only one party has a branch in the area: the Heron/Wilkinson/McNally Sinn Féin Cumann, Ballinderry.

See also

• List of townlands in County Londonderry

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