Groggan
{{short description|Hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
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Groggan ({{Irish derived place name|an Grógán}}){{cite web | title=Groggan| work=Placenames Database of Ireland| url=http://www.logainm.ie/63078.aspx | access-date=10 May 2013}} is a hamlet and townland near Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and the civil parish of Drummaul and covers an area of 620 acres.{{cite web | title=Groggan| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | access-date=10 May 2013}} It is within the Borough of Antrim.
The townland is around {{convert|5|km|mi|0}} northwest of Randalstown, and around {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} southwest of Ballymena.
Groggan had a population of 152 people in the 2021 census.{{cite web|title=Groggan|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2021/results/settlements.html|website=Census 2011 Results|publisher=NI Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=27 June 2025}} The population of the townland declined overall during the 19th century:{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336613 | access-date=10 May 2013}}{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/504643 | access-date=10 May 2013}}
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Year | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
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Population | 255 | 294 | 333 | 334 | 247 | 209 |
Houses | 47 | 53 | 59 | 59 | 47 | 46 |
See also
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{{County Antrim}}
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Category:Villages in County Antrim
Category:Civil Parish of Drummaul
Category:Townlands of County Antrim
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