Lurganare

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{{Infobox UK place

|official_name = Lurganare

|irish_name = Lorga an Áir

|type = Village

|static_image_name = Lurganare Village - geograph.org.uk - 178952.jpg

|static_image_caption = Housing in Lurganare

|map_type = Northern Ireland

|coordinates = {{coord|54.230|-6.352|display=ti|region:GB_scale:10000}}

|unitary_northern_ireland = Newry, Mourne and Down

|country = Northern Ireland

|lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Down

|post_town = NEWRY

|postcode_area = BT

|postcode_district = BT34

|dial_code = 028

}}

Lurganare ({{Irish derived place name|Lorga an Áir|tract of the slaughter}})[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14561 Placenames NI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331203237/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14561 |date=2012-03-31 }} is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, four miles north of Newry. It had a population of 195 at the 2001 census.{{cite web|url = https://www.newrymournedown.org/media/uploads/jerrettspass_and_lurganare_village_plan_2012.pdf | website = newrymournedown.org | title = Jerrettspass & Lurganare Cluster - Village Renewal and Development Plans | publisher = Newry, Mourne and Down District Council |date = July 2012 | accessdate = 6 January 2024 }} It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area. The local primary school, St Mary's Primary School, had an enrolment of 118 pupils as of 2011.{{cite web| url = https://www.etini.gov.uk/sites/etini.gov.uk/files/publications/short-inspection-st-marys-primary-school%20-newry.pdf | publisher = Education and Training Inspectorate | title = Primary Inspection Report - St Mary's Primary School, Newry | date = November 2011 | accessdate = 12 January 2024 | quote = St Mary's Primary School is situated in Lurganare about six miles from the centre of Newry [..] The enrolment has increased [..] to the current figure of 118 }}

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