Gulladuff

{{short description|Village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland}}

{{Infobox UK place

| type = Village and Townland

| country = Northern Ireland

| official_name = Gulladuff

| irish_name = An Guala Dhubh

| pushpin_map = Northern Ireland County Londonderry

| map_type = Northern Ireland

| coordinates = {{coord|54|50|N|6|36|W|region:GB_type:city|display=ti}}

| post_town = MAGHERAFELT

| postcode_area = BT

| postcode_district = BT45

| constituency_westminster = Mid Ulster

| unitary_northern_ireland = Mid Ulster

| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Londonderry

| constituency_ni_assembly = Mid Ulster{{Cite report |url=https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/constituency-profiles/2017/mid-ulster-profile-2017.pdf |title=Constituency Profile: Mid Ulster – 2017 |last=Russell |first=Raymond |date=1 August 2017 |year= |publisher=Northern Ireland Assembly |page=2 |access-date=19 April 2025}}

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within County Londonderry

}}

Gulladuff ({{Irish derived place name|An Guala Dhubh|black shoulders}}){{Cite web |title=Townland of Gulladuff |url=https://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=5041 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608163521/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=5041 |archive-date=8 June 2012 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=PlacenamesNI}}{{Cite web |title=An Ghuala Dhubh/Gulladuff |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/58336 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Placenames Database of Ireland}} is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated within the district of Mid Ulster and is represented by the Carntogher DEA on Mid Ulster District Council.{{Cite web |date=11 February 2019 |title=Mid Ulster Council District Electoral Areas |url=https://data-midulster.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/midulster::mid-ulster-council-district-electoral-areas |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=data-midulster.opendata.arcgis.com |publisher=Mid-Ulster District Council}}{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Damien |date=10 April 2019 |title=Henry joins strong Sinn Féin team in Carntogher electoral contest |url=https://www.derrynow.com/news/local-news/439147/henry-joins-strong-sinn-fein-team-in-carntogher-electoral-contest.html |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Derry Now}}{{Cite news |date=16 February 2015 |title=Call for repairs to roads in Clady area |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/call-for-repairs-to-roads-in-clady-area-2598663 |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Northern Ireland World}}

Gulladuff is part of the Maghera civil parish,{{Cite web |title=Parish of Maghera (Co. Londonderry) |url=http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/parishes/par210.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316105540/http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/parishes/par210.htm |archive-date=16 March 2015 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Public Record Office of Northern Ireland}} and also part of both the Church of Ireland's Maghera ecclesiastical parish and the Catholic Church's Lavey ecclesiastical parish.{{Cite document |title=Parish/Town of Maghera - 1, in the Barony ... |type=Record |publisher=Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |year=1856 |id=VAL/2/B/5/37A |quote=Parish/Town of Maghera - 1, in the Barony of Loughinsholin, the Town lands/Streets of Ballymacilcurr, Beagh (Spiritual), Crew, Curragh, Grillagh, Gulladuff, Keady, Macknagh, Slaghtybogy, Tamnymartin, Tirgarvil}}{{Cite web |title=Lavey Parish Townlands |url=https://www.laveyparish.com/laveyparishtownlands.html |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Lavey Parish}}

The football pitch for Lavey GAC is situated just south of the village.{{Cite web |title=Football – The Thirties |url=https://laveygaa.ie/history/football-the-thirties/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Lavey GAC |quote=There was also a change of playing field – John McGuckin’s field in Gulladuff – (often referred to as “The Sportsfield”) was the new venue for home fixtures.}}

In February 1989, a Sinn Féin Councillor on Magherafelt District Council, John Davey, was assassinated by the Ulster Volunteer Force as he returned to his home in Gulladuff.{{Cite news |date=17 February 1989 |others=Reported by Gary Honeyford |title=Violence In Northern Ireland |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21308260-violence-in-northern-ireland/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |work=RTÉ News}}{{Cite news |date=16 February 2024 |title=John Davey remembered at special commemoration to mark the 35th anniversary of his assassination in County Derry |url=https://www.derrynow.com/news/home/1425422/john-davey-remembered-at-special-commemoration-to-markthe-35th-anniversary-of-his-assassination-in-county-derry.html |access-date=20 April 2025 |work=Derry Now}}{{Cite news |date=20 February 2009 |title=John Davey remembered |url=https://republican-news.org/current/news/2009/02/john_davey_remembered.html |access-date=20 April 2025 |work=Republican News}}

Demographics

= 1911 Census =

In the 1911 census, the village had a population of 128. Of those present for the census, 69 were female and 59 were male. Of those who stated their religious affiliation; 98 (76.4%) identified as Catholic, 23 (18.1%) identified as Church of Ireland, 6 (4.7%) identified as Baptist, and 1 identified as a Presbyterian (0.8%).{{Cite web |title=Census of Ireland 1911 - Gulladuff |url=https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Londonderry&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Gulladuff&ded=Gulladuff&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=100&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&pager.offset=0 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=National Archives of Ireland |pages=1-2}}

= 1937 Census =

In the 1937 census, the village had a population of 139.{{Cite report |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/files/nisra/publications/1951-census-londonderry-county-borough-report.pdf |title=Census of Population of Northern Ireland 1951: County and County Borough of Londonderry |date=April 1954 |year= |publisher=H.M.S.O |location=Belfast |page=58 |access-date=20 April 2025 |via=Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency}}

= 1951 – 1991 =

In the 1951 census, the village had a population of 149. Of those present for the census, 76 (51%) were female and 73 (49%) were male.

In the 1981 census, the village had a population of 289. Of those usually resident, 139 (48.1%) were female and 150 (51.9%) were male.{{Cite report |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/files/nisra/publications/1981-Census-towns-villages-booklet.pdf |title=The Northern Ireland Census 1981 - 1981 Towns and Villages Booklet |date= |publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency |page=14 |access-date=20 April 2025}}

In the 1991 census, the village had a population of 318. Of those usually resident, 162 (50.94%) were female and 156 (49.06%) were male.{{Cite report |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/files/nisra/publications/1991-census-towns-villages-booklet.pdf |title=The Northern Ireland Census 1991 - 1991 Towns and Villages Booklet |date= |publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency |pages=27 |access-date=20 April 2025}}

= 2001 Census =

In the 2001 census it had a population of 405 people.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

References

Category:Villages in County Londonderry

Category:Mid-Ulster District