Draperstown

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Draperstown

TitleDraperstown

CountyNorthern Ireland

CoordinatesLat : 54.8 Lon : -6.7666667

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Draperstown (Baile na Crois in Irish) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the Sperrin Mountains, named after the London Drapers' Company. It is 12 km north-west of Magherafelt in the Upper Moyola Valley. It is commonly referred to by locals as Ballinascreen (Irish: Baile na Scrine) - the parish name of the area. It had a population of 1,638 people in the 2001 Census. Administratively it is part of the Magherafelt District Council area.

The village is a crossroads, which has a variety of shops and offices, three places of worship, public houses, livestock and sheep markets, two schools and three industrial estates. In Draperstown the buildings in the upper part of the town east of the crossroads, were originally laid out in a triangular village green, the Fair Hill and along three streets. Later the green became one of the two competing Shambles in the town, the other one still survives today. The Fair Hill holds the weekly sheep market on Fridays, and is famous for having the only regular open air sheep market in Ireland. The lower part of the town features the roundabout which formerly was a wide crossroads at the head of the broad St. Patrick’s Street. The two parts together form a distinctive townscape and historic settlement. Key listed buildings within the village include: St.Columba’s Church, Tobermore Road (1888), the Courthouse, 20 High Street (1839) and the Presbyterian Meeting House, 47 High Street (1843). The core of the village was designated a Conservation Area in 1979. The local Gaelic Athletic Club is St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC.

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