Dollingstown

About Dollingstown

Dollingstown is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is close to the County Armagh border, east of Lurgan town centre. It is within the Craigavon Borough Council area. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 2, 126 people. Retail OutletsThere are a few small retail outlets in the town. Including various takeaway services, a hair salon and a handful in interior decoration services among other things. One of the most popular is Moutray's Costcutter. The small shop provides food staples for the village and petrol sourced by Texaco. A newly built takeaway restaurant opened and is situated at the petrol station which is appropriately named "Oriental Chef" as it specializes in Asian-style cuisine which is a staple of the Northern Irish diet. A popular physiotherapy clinic is located on the Belfast Road named the Active Therapy Clinic. There is also a Chinese takeaway restaurant situated in the middle of the town founded by Amy Li and her husband after they immigrated to Northern Ireland from British Hong Kong in the 1980sHistoryDollingstown developed during the 18th century where potato farming became popular and then 19th century as an industrial village and in the last ten years it has grown significantly to include a number of local retail /business outlets. SportDollingstown F. C. of the NIFL Championship plays its home matches in Lurgan.

Dollingstown Description

Dollingstown is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is close to the County Armagh border, east of Lurgan town centre. It is within the Craigavon Borough Council area. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 2, 126 people. Retail OutletsThere are a few small retail outlets in the town. Including various takeaway services, a hair salon and a handful in interior decoration services among other things. One of the most popular is Moutray's Costcutter. The small shop provides food staples for the village and petrol sourced by Texaco. A newly built takeaway restaurant opened and is situated at the petrol station which is appropriately named "Oriental Chef" as it specializes in Asian-style cuisine which is a staple of the Northern Irish diet. A popular physiotherapy clinic is located on the Belfast Road named the Active Therapy Clinic. There is also a Chinese takeaway restaurant situated in the middle of the town founded by Amy Li and her husband after they immigrated to Northern Ireland from British Hong Kong in the 1980sHistoryDollingstown developed during the 18th century where potato farming became popular and then 19th century as an industrial village and in the last ten years it has grown significantly to include a number of local retail /business outlets. SportDollingstown F. C. of the NIFL Championship plays its home matches in Lurgan.

More about Dollingstown

Dollingstown is located at BT66 7 Dollingstown