Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Magilligan (or Tamlaghtard)

Magilligan (or Tamlaghtard), par. and ry. sta., N. co. Londonderry, on E, side of Lough Foyle, 9 miles W. of Coleraine, 13,129 ac., pop. 2032; P.O., T.O.; 4 miles NW. of sta. is Magilligan Point, at the entrance of Lough Foyle. The base-line on which the trigonometrical survey of Ireland was made was laid down here in 1826.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Londonderry IrlC
Place names: MAGILLIGAN     |     MAGILLIGAN OR TAMLAGHTARD     |     TAMLAGHTARD

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