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Maghera civil parish county Londonderry, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | MAGHERA, a market and post-town, and a parish, in the barony of LOUGHINSHOLIN, county of LONDONDERRY, and province of ULSTER, 16 miles (S.) from Coleraine, and 102(N.) from Dublin, on the mail coach road to Coleraine ; containing 14,091 inhabitants, of which number, 1 154 are in the town. |
 | | The town appears to have declined rapidly in importance after that period, and few events of historical interest occur, except occasional depredations during the insurrections of the O'Nials, to whom the surrounding territory belonged, and in the war of 1641, during which it was burned by the insurgents under Macdonnell. |
 | | The principal seats are Maghera House, the residence of A. Clarke, Esq. |
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