Lavey, County Londonderry
| Lavey | |
|---|---|
| Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish | |
  Lavey Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°50′31″N 6°33′43″W / 54.842°N 6.562°WCoordinates: 54°50′31″N 6°33′43″W / 54.842°N 6.562°W | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | County Londonderry |
| District | Magherafelt |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Lavey is a Roman Catholic parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Lavey is bordered by the parishes of Castledawson, Maghera, Bellaghy, Greenlough and Kilrea. The parish contains no particularly large settlements, although it accommodates a number of small villages and hamlets, in order of size, these are: Gulladuff, Knockcloghrim, Culnady, Tamlaght O'Crilly and Curran. The parish contains around fifteen different townlands. There is also a parish called Lavey in County Cavan.
Sport
Lavey GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, with twenty-three teams: Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams of many age groups. The club has had many successes, and players from it have gone on to become GAA all stars.
People
- Henry Downey - Captain of the Derry GAA team's 1993 All-Ireland winning team. All Star winner and Texaco Footballer of the Year for 1993.
- Séamus Downey - Member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
- Johnny McGurk - All Star winner and member of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning team.
- Anthony McGurk - Two-time All Star winning Gaelic footballer.
- Kevin McCloy - All Star winner and current Derry footballer.
- Jack Convery - Derry footballer who represented Ulster in the Railway Cup on two occasions.
