Kilrea




Kilrea (pronounced /kɪlˈreɪ/ kil-RAY, from Irish:Cill Ria, meaning "church on the hill") is a village, townland, historic town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It gets its name from St. Patrick's Church of Ireland, which sits on Church Street looking over the town. It is near the River Bann, which marks the boundary between County Londonderry and County Antrim. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 2,724 people.