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Maghera, Northern Ireland - New Houses and HomesMaghera is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Its population was 2,876 in 1991 and had risen to 3,711 people in the 2001 Census. It lies within the Magherafelt District Council area. It provides the local commercial centre for the surrounding viillages of Swatragh, Tobermore, Upperlands, Gulladuff and Knockcloghrim. The town is also the educational centre for the surrounding area and St. Patrick’s is one of the largest schools in Mid-Ulster. The Slaughtneil / Carntogher area around the town is unique for being the only rural community in Ireland outside of the Gaeltacht where the majority of primary school children are educated through the Irish language. Maghera also has parishes of Fallalea, Ranaghan and Glen. In the Roman Catholic parish church of St Patrick's there is a headstone remembering the large number of people who died during the Famine.
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