Mayobridge is an area within Newry

Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population...

, County Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. It is located within the Newry and Mourne District Council

Newry and Mourne District Council

Newry and Mourne District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. It includes much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of approximately 93,400. Council headquarters are in Newry, the largest settlement and only city in the area; it has a...

 area. It had a population of 842 people in the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

.

People

• Contemporary singer-songwriter
  Singer-songwriter
  Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
  
  , Kieran Goss
  Kieran Goss
  Kieran Goss is a Northern Irish contemporary singer-songwriter.-Biography:Kieran Goss was born and raised in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was just nine years old when he got his first guitar...
  
   (b.1962), was born and raised in Mayobridge.
• Mickey Linden
  Mickey Linden
  Michael Rory "Mickey" Linden is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Down in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of the Down team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1991 and 1994. Linden also won two Ulster Senior Football Championships and a National League...
  
  , Gaelic footballer, winner in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
  
   in 1991
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1991
  -All-Ireland Final:-1991 All Stars:Michael McQuillan , Mick Deegan , Conor Deegan , Enon Gavin , Tommy Carr , Keith Barr , Martin O'Connell , Barry Breen , Martin Lynch , Ross Carr , Greg Blaney , Tommy Dowd , Colm O'Rourke , Brian Stafford , Bernard Flynn...
  
   and 1994
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1994
  -All-Ireland Final:...
  
  , is from Mayobridge.
• Gaelic footballer, Tom O'Hare
  Tom O'Hare
  Tom O'Hare is a retired Northern Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Mayobridge and Clonduff and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1960s until the 1970s. O'Hare won an All-Ireland winenrs' medal with Down in 1968.-References:-Teams:...
  
   (b.1942), is from Mayobridge and won an All Ireland winners medal in 1968.
• Tommy Sands
  Tommy Sands (Irish folk singer)
  Tommy Sands , Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, is a folk singer, song writer, radio broadcaster, and political activist. He performs with his 3 siblings as The Sands Family; solo as Tommy Sands; and with his son and daughter as Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands...
  
   (b.1945), folk singer
  Folk Singer
  Folk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
  
  , song writer and radio broadcaster, is from Mayobridge.

Sport

St Patricks Gaelic Athletic Club, Mayobridge is the oldest Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club in County Down. The senior team are currently County Champions having defeated Loughinisland in the final, making their 2008 win five in a row with the club now having won eight of the last ten county finals.
Adding to the success of the senior team, the seconds also won the Down premier reserve championship and the minors won the Down minor championship in 2008 completing an amazing treble. The club's under 16 team won the league and championship double in 2006. Other underage teams (U-8 and U-10) have gone unbeaten in 2006 leaving a bright future for the club.
Tom O'Hare was known as the defender of the decade in the sixties while Mickey Linden was footballer of the year in 1994. Benny Coulter added to the clubs illustrious history being capped by Ireland in the compromise rules on many occasions.

Education

• St. Patrick's Primary School
  St. Patrick's Primary School, Mayobridge
  St. Patrick's Primary School is a primary school located in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.*Address: 9 Chapel Hill, Mayobridge, BT34 2EX- People :...
  
   which is located on Chapel Hill. (CHC)

Demographics

Mayobridge is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland