Bleary Explained

Official Name:	Bleary
Irish Name:	Bladhraigh
Map Type:	Northern Ireland
Coordinates:	54.423°N -6.3449°W
Belfast Distance Mi:	24
Population:	1009
Population Ref:	(estimate based on 2011 census)
Irish Grid Reference:	J073540
Unitary Northern Ireland:	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Country:	Northern Ireland
Post Town:	CRAIGAVON
Postcode Area:	BT
Postcode District:	BT63 BT66
Dial Code:	028
Constituency Westminster:	Upper Bann
Constituency Ni Assembly:	Upper Bann
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:	County Down
Website:	www.craigavon.gov.uk
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Bleary (likely)^[1] is a small village and townland in County Down,^[1] ^[2] Northern Ireland. It is near the County Armagh border and the settlements of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown. In the 2011 Census its population was counted as part of Craigavon.^[3] It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area.

History

18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers (Arthur McMillan (aged 37), Ian Mutch (aged 31) and Colin Leslie (aged 26)) were killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. The bomb had been left in a derelict house in Bleary.
27 April 1975 - Loyalists shot dead three people in Bleary Darts Club. See Bleary Darts Club shooting
28 October 1993 - The UVF shot dead two Catholic brothers (Gerrard Cairns, 22, and Rory Cairns, 18) at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.^[4]

On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.^[6]

51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 40.6% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
53.6% indicated that they had a British national identity, 20.4% had an Irish national identity, and 32.4% had a Northern Irish national identity.

There were 4,081 people living in the Bleary ward.^[7]

73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 19.9% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
70.65% indicated that they had a British national identity, 11.43% had an Irish national identity, and 27.17% had a Northern Irish national identity.

http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11303 Placenames NI
http://www.logainm.ie/66458.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland
Web site: Archived copy . 2016-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031952/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pop_2_2011.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
News: 2018-10-27 . I thought it was a Halloween prank ... then UVF gang shot my brothers . 2024-06-02 . BelfastTelegraph.co.uk . en-GB . 0307-1235.
Web site: Bleary Primary School, Craigavon.
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