Bleary

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Bleary

| irish_name = Bladhraigh

| scots_name =

| local_name =

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| map_type = Northern Ireland

| coordinates = {{coord|54.423025|-6.344948|display=inline,title}}

| belfast_distance_mi = 24

| population = 1009

| population_ref =
(estimate based on 2011 census)

| irish_grid_reference = J073540

| unitary_northern_ireland = Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

| country = Northern Ireland

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|post_town = CRAIGAVON

| postcode_area = BT

| postcode_district = BT63
BT66

| dial_code = 028

| constituency_westminster = Upper Bann

| constituency_ni_assembly = Upper Bann

| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Down

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030406041841/http://www.craigavon.gov.uk/ www.craigavon.gov.uk]

| hide_services = yes

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Bleary (likely {{Irish derived place name|Bladhraigh}})[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11303 Placenames NI] is a small village and townland in County Down,[http://www.logainm.ie/66458.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] Northern Ireland. It is near the County Armagh border and the settlements of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown. In the 2011 Census its population was counted as part of Craigavon.{{cite web |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pop_2_2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031952/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pop_2_2011.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }} It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area.

History

=[[The Troubles]]=

18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers (Arthur McMillan (aged 37), Ian Mutch (aged 31) and Colin Leslie (aged 26)) were killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. The bomb had been left in a derelict house in Bleary.
27 April 1975 - Loyalists shot dead three people in Bleary Darts Club. See Bleary Darts Club shooting
28 October 1993 - The UVF shot dead two Catholic brothers (Gerrard Cairns, 22, and Rory Cairns, 18) at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.{{Cite news |date=2018-10-27 |title=I thought it was a Halloween prank ... then UVF gang shot my brothers |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/i-thought-it-was-a-halloween-prank-then-uvf-gang-shot-my-brothers/37464032.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

Education

Bleary Primary School {{Cite web|url=http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/123087/bleary-primary-school|title = Bleary Primary School, Craigavon}}

Demography

=2011 Census=

On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.{{cite web | url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Bleary@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Bleary@23? | title=NINIS Redirect }}

51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 40.6% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
53.6% indicated that they had a British national identity, 20.4% had an Irish national identity, and 32.4% had a Northern Irish national identity.

There were 4,081 people living in the Bleary ward.{{cite web | url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Bleary@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Bleary@4? | title=NINIS Redirect }}

73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 19.9% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
70.65% indicated that they had a British national identity, 11.43% had an Irish national identity, and 27.17% had a Northern Irish national identity.