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Plumbridge

Also known as: Droichead an Phlum

Plumbridge in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Plumbridge Co. Tyrone - geograph.org.uk - 1187564

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

Plumbridge 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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From the Wikipedia article

Plumbridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a crossroads village, standing on the banks of the Glenelly River, 16 miles (26 km) south of Derry. In the 2001 census it had a population of 267 people. It lies within Derry City and Strabane District area. Most of the village is on the northern bank of the Glenelly River, within the townland of Glencoppogagh. However, some of it lies on the southern bank, within the townland of Lisnacreaght.

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Background

History

Among the notable people that have come from Plumbridge are James MacCullagh 1809–1847, mathematician at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD); his brother John MacCullagh, lawyer of Trinity College Dublin; American frontiersman Robert Campbell; Minnesota legislator Robert Campbell Dunn; and Peter McCullagh, a statistician at the University of Chicago.

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Coordinates
54.7680, -7.2510

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Where is Plumbridge?
Plumbridge is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7680°, -7.2510°.