Clady is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7942°, -7.5400°.

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Clady

Also known as: Clóidigh, Contae Thír Eoghain

Clady in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Clady is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Clady (from Irish Claidigh, meaning 'muddy margin of a stream or river') is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies about 4 miles from Strabane on the River Finn and borders the Republic of Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 623 people. It is within Urney civil parish and the former barony of Strabane Lower. In local government it is part of the Derry City and Strabane District Council. The townland covers an area of 173 acres.

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History

The village is one of the oldest in the district. The village is referred to as Claudy in Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, but early and later works attribute the name, Clady, distinguishing it from Claudy in County Londonderry. Next to the village is an important passage over the River Finn, one of the "passes", which controlled the access to Derry from the south and east in the times when the ferry at Drry was the only means to cross the River Foyle. Originally, the passage at Clady was provided by a ford, known as the Cladyford. Soon a bridge was built, which existed already in the 17th century. According to Lewis in 1840, a "handsome bridge of seven arches" spanned the…

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