Cargan
{{short description|Hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| 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 = {{coord|54|59|37|N|6|10|55|W|region:GB-NIR|display=inline,title}}
| irish_grid_reference =
| 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
| hide_services =
| website =
| constituency_westminster = North Antrim
| belfast_distance_mi = 25
}}
Cargan ({{Irish derived place name|an Carraigín|the small rock}})[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=16344 Placenames NI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804192342/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=16344 |date=August 4, 2012 }} 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.{{cite web|title=Cargan|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html|website=Census 2011 Results|publisher=NI Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=30 April 2015}}
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,The Mountains of Iron, by K J O'Hagan, Mid-Antrim Part 2, 1991. then from 1875 by railway to Ballymena. The railway closed in 1937.{{cite web|title=The Drum, County Antrim |work=Woodland Trust |url=http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/woydni/sitelocationsmoreni/thedrum.htm |access-date=2007-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190125/http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/woydni/sitelocationsmoreni/thedrum.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}
Transport
The Ballymena to Cargan railway line was opened in 1875 and extended to Parkmore and Retreat in 1876.{{cite web | first=JRB | last=McMinn | title=The Social and Political Structure of North Antrim in 1869 | work=The Glens of Antrim Historical Society | url=http://www.antrimhistory.net/content.php?cid=135 | access-date=2007-09-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928093723/http://www.antrimhistory.net/content.php?cid=135# | archive-date=2007-09-28 | url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web | title=Cargan station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-09-14}} It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.{{cite book |last= Baker |first= Michael HC |title= Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past|publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|year= 1999 |isbn= 0-7110-2680-7 }}
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.{{fact|date=April 2025}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://world.std.com/~ahern/higgins.htm Higgins Family of Glenravel]
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