Clady, County Londonderry
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Clady is a small village
Village
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 in County Londonderry
County Londonderry
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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. It had a population of 596 people in the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
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. It is within the Magherafelt District Council
Magherafelt District Council
Magherafelt District Council is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Council headquarters are in Magherafelt. The Council area stretches from Lough Neagh and the River Bann in the east and into the Sperrin Mountains in the west and is divided by the Moyola River. It covers...

 area.

Schools

Clady currently boasts two schools a primary (St. Mary's) and a secondary St. Mary's College
St. Mary's College, Clady
St. Mary's College is a secondary school in Clady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.-External links:*...

.

2001 Census

Clady is classified as a Small Village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 596 people living in Clady. Of these:
  • 28.6% were aged under 16 years and 13.3% were aged 6 and older
  • 50.3% of the population were male and 49.7% were female
  • 97.7% were from a Catholic
    Catholic
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     background and 1.7% were from a Protestant
    Protestantism
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     background
  • 3.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

See also

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