Draperstown

Draperstown
Irish: *Baile na Croise*
Scots: *Draperstoun*
Draperstown Irish: Baile na Croise; Scots: Draperstoun;
	High Street, Draperstown with former courthouse at centre
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	1,777 (2011 Census)
District	Mid-Ulster;
County	County Londonderry;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT
Dialling code	028
NI Assembly	Mid Ulster;

Draperstown (/ˌdrɛpərzˈtaʊn, ˌdriːpərz-/) is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district. It is also part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen, and within the former barony of Loughinsholin.

The village lies at the intersection of the townlands of Moykeeran (from Irish Maigh Chaortain 'plain of the rowan'), Moyheeland (from Irish Maigh Chaolain 'plain of the marshy stream'), Cahore and Tonaght.

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