Bleary
Bleary is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near the County Armagh border and the settlements of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown. In the 2011 Census its population was counted as part of Craigavon. It lies within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area.
History
The Troubles
- 18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers, Ian Mutch and Colin Leslie ) were killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. The bomb had been left in a derelict house in Bleary.
- 27 April 1975 - Loyalists shot dead three people in Bleary Darts Club. See Bleary Darts Club shooting
- 28 October 1993 - The UVF shot dead two Catholic brothers at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.
Education
- Bleary Primary School
Demography
2011 Census
On Census day there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.- 51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian ' religion and 40.6% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
- 53.6% indicated that they had a British national identity, 20.4% had an Irish national identity, and 32.4% had a Northern Irish national identity.
- 73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian ' religion and 19.9% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion.
- 70.65% indicated that they had a British national identity, 11.43% had an Irish national identity, and 27.17% had a Northern Irish national identity.