Aghadowey

Aghadowey (from Irish Achadh Dubhthaigh 'Duffy’s field')^[2][3] is a townland in east County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in Aghadowey civil parish, and is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is close to the county boundary with County Antrim.

Aghadowey Irish: Achadh Dubhthaigh
Townland
Aghadowey in 2008
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Area	0.6907 sq mi (1.789 km2) [1]
Civil parish	Aghadowey
District	Causeway Coast and Glens
County	County Londonderry
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLERAINE
Postcode district	BT51
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	East Londonderry
NI Assembly	East Londonderry
List of places UK Northern Ireland County Londonderry 55°01′44″N 6°39′07″W

Sport

Aghadowey is a popular angling area, with anglers fishing both the River Bann and the Agivey River.^{[citation needed]} Aghadowey Stadium hosts regular motorcycle racing, stock car racing, and also rallying as a RallySport Association event, on the disused RAF Mullaghmore airfield.^[4] Aghadowey was the home circuit (1.003 miles/1.614 km) of the Motor Cycle Road Racing Club of Ireland (MCRRCI) (now Bishopscourt Race Circuit near Downpatrick) and was first used for racing in 1975, after the club was forced to vacate their previous circuit at Maghaberry to make way for a new prison development.^{[citation needed]}

Aghadowey F.C. was founded in 1968 when the Coleraine and district league formed, before this they played as Agivey. They have notable rivalries with both Garvagh F.C. and Kilrea F.C.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

• Aghadowey railway station opened on 19 February 1880, but closed on 28 August 1950.^[5]

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland