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{{short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2006}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Bleary
| irish_name = Bladhraigh
| scots_name = 
| local_name = 
| static_image = 
| static_image_caption = 
| map_type = Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.423025|-6.344948|display=inline,title}}
| belfast_distance_mi = 24
| population = 1009
| population_ref = <br />(estimate based on 2011 census)
| irish_grid_reference = J073540
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon]]
| country = Northern Ireland
|historic_county=
|post_town = CRAIGAVON
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT63<br />BT66
| dial_code = 028
| constituency_westminster = [[Upper Bann (UK Parliament constituency)|Upper Bann]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)|Upper Bann]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Down]]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030406041841/http://www.craigavon.gov.uk/ www.craigavon.gov.uk]
| hide_services = yes
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'''Bleary''' (likely {{Irish derived place name|Bladhraigh}})<ref name=pni>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11303 Placenames NI]</ref> is a small [[village]] and [[townland]] in [[County Down]],<ref name=pni/><ref name=logainm>[http://www.logainm.ie/66458.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> [[Northern Ireland]]. It is near the [[County Armagh]] border and the settlements of [[Craigavon, County Armagh|Craigavon]], [[Lurgan]] and [[Portadown]]. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] its population was counted as part of Craigavon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pop_2_2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031952/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/pop_2_2011.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> It lies within the [[Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council|Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon]] area.

==History==
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===[[The Troubles]]===
* 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-10-27 |title=I thought it was a Halloween prank ... then UVF gang shot my brothers |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/i-thought-it-was-a-halloween-prank-then-uvf-gang-shot-my-brothers/37464032.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

== Education ==
*Bleary Primary School <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/123087/bleary-primary-school|title = Bleary Primary School, Craigavon}}</ref>

==Demography==
===2011 Census===
On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,009 people living in Bleary.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Bleary@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Bleary@23? | title=NINIS Redirect }}</ref>

* 51.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' 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.

There were 4,081 people living in the Bleary ward.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Bleary@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Bleary@4? | title=NINIS Redirect }}</ref>

*73.1% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' 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.

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland]]

{{County Down}}

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[[Category:Villages in County Down]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Down]]
[[Category:Civil parish of Tullylish]]


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