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Bleary
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City facts
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Overview
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.
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History
* 18 June 1972 - Three British soldiers (Arthur McMillan (aged 37), Ian Mutch (aged 31) and Colin Leslie (aged 26)) 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 (Gerrard Cairns, 22, and Rory Cairns, 18) at their home in front of their eleven-year-old sister in Bleary, County Down.
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Geography
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Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta833
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta822
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves592
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves583
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves579
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves564
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta562
- Mute SwanCygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves556
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Earthquake history
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Geography & sun
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API