Magheralin

Magheralin
Irish: *Machaire Lainne^[1]*
Magheralin Irish: Machaire Lainne;
	Magheralin Parish Church
	Magheralin Location within County Down
Population	2,041
District	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAIGAVON
Postcode district	BT67
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°28′N 6°16′W / 54.467°N 6.267°W

Magheralin (from Irish Machaire Lainne, meaning 'plain of the church')^[2] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A3 road between Moira and Lurgan, beside the River Lagan. It had a population of 2,041 people in the 2021 census. The civil parish of Magheralin covers an area of County Down.^[3]

Its original name was Lann Rónáin Fhinn, "church of Ronan Finn", a saint from the medieval Irish tale Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Sweeney).^[2]

^ Placenames Database of Ireland
^ ^a ^b Place Names NI
^ "Parishes of Northern Ireland". Public Record Office of NI. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[1] Placenames Database of Ireland

[PNI-2] Place Names NI

[3] "Parishes of Northern Ireland". Public Record Office of NI. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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Magheralin Irish: Machaire Lainne^[1]
Magheralin Parish Church
Magheralin Location within County Down
Population	2,041
District	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAIGAVON
Postcode district	BT67

Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland

List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°28′N 6°16′W / 54.467°N 6.267°W / 54.467; -6.267