Creggan
Creggan is a large housing estate in Derry, Northern Ireland, on a hill not far from the River Foyle. It lies on the townlands of Ballymagowan and Edenballymore. The estate is very close to the border with County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: housing estate in Derry
- Also known as: “Creggan, Derry”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium and Celtic Park.
Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium
Stadium
The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium is a municipal football stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City F.C., NIFL Championship team Institute, and also to NIWFA Championship Ladies Team Foyle Belles FC.
Celtic Park
Stadium
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Celtic Park is a GAA stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland. With a capacity of about 18,000, the ground is the primary home of Derry's hurling and Gaelic football teams.
Derry City Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: GiorgioGaleotti, CC BY 4.0.
Derry City Cemetery, known locally as the City Cemetery, is a cemetery based in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland. By the mid-19th century Derry’s graveyards were becoming overcrowded, and soon would reach capacity.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandywell and Derry.
Derry
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derry or Londonderry is the second city of Northern Ireland, with a population of 85,000 in 2021. It's on the estuary of the River Foyle and historically within County Londonderry, which has been abolished as a unit of governance so the city is now part of Derry and Strabane District.
Altnagelvin
Suburb
Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altnagelvin is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is also the name of an electoral ward in Derry and Strabane district. Formerly a small village, it has been absorbed into the Waterside neighbourhood of Derry. Altnagelvin is situated 2 miles southeast of Creggan.
Creggan
- Categories: housing estate and locality
- Location: Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99588° or 54° 59′ 45″ northLongitude
-7.34685° or 7° 20′ 49″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
9C6JXMW3+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 893394304OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Creggan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Creggan (Derry)”
- Basque: “Creggan”
- Dutch: “Creggan”
- Irish: “An Creagán, Contae Dhoire”
- Japanese: “クレガン”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Creagán, Contae Dhoire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Creagán”
- Spanish: “Creggan”
- Swedish: “Creggan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Creggan”. Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.