Mayobridge

Mayobridge is a former village within Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, lying on the small river Clanrye which divides the townlands of Mayo and Bavan. It is located within the Newry and Mourne District Council area - it had a population of 965 people in the 2011 Census. It falls within the parish of Clonallan, and historically within the barony of Upper Iveagh Upper.DemographyMayobridge is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency . For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service. The Mayobridge ward had a population of 965 on Census Day . Of these: 26.9% of these were under 16 and 8.3% over 65 years of age;51.8% of the population were male and 48.2% were female;94.8% belonged to or were brought up in the Roman Catholic religion and 2.7% belonged to or were brought up in the Protestant religion;6.2% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.Facilities On 15 August 1859 Dr. Leahy, the co-adjutor bishop of the diocese, blessed the foundation stone of a new Catholic church to replace the existing, more primitive Mass House put up in 1806 (parts of which are still visible in the disused Parochial Hall); and a curate was appointed to live in Mayobridge. The new church, dedicated to St. Patrick, was erected on the site of a former Mass Rock. A fine Gothic-style building, reputed to be the largest ‘country' church in the diocese, it could hold up to 600 worshippers in comfort, and commanded a fine view of the surrounding countryside right into County Armagh. It was completed on 12 October 1862, with a dedicatory sermon by the Bishop of Kerry, Dr. David Moriarty. A police barracks was moved in 1854 from the Mayo side of the village to the Bavan side, and returned in 1865.St. Patrick's Primary School is a primary school, located on Chapel Hill.