Editing Magheralin (section)

{{short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Magheralin
| irish_name = Machaire Lainne<ref>[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1411583 Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref>
| static_image_name = Magheralin Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 75389.jpg
| static_image_caption = Magheralin Parish Church
| coordinates = {{coord|54|28|N|6|16|W|region:GB_type:city|display=ti}}
| population = 2,041
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council|Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Down]]
| country = Northern Ireland
| historic_county = 
| post_town = CRAIGAVON
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT67
}}
[[Image:MagheralinChurch.jpg|thumb|Magheralin Parish Church, The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity]][[Image:MagheralinVillageLights.jpg|thumb|Magheralin at night]]
[[Image:St. Patrick's & St. Ronan's, Parish of Magheralin, Co. Down.jpg|thumb|Parish of Magheralin, St. Patrick's & St. Ronan's]]'''Magheralin''' ({{Irish derived place name|Machaire Lainne|plain of the church}})<ref name="PNI">[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11056 Place Names NI]</ref> is a [[village]] and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is on the main [[A3 road (Northern Ireland)|A3 road]] between [[Moira, County Down|Moira]] and [[Lurgan]], beside the [[River Lagan]]. It had a population of 2,041 people in the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]]. The civil parish of Magheralin covers an area of County Down.<ref>{{cite web| title=Parishes of Northern Ireland| work=Public Record Office of NI| url=http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/| access-date=1 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013132314/http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/| archive-date=13 October 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Its original name was ''Lann Rónáin Fhinn'', "church of Ronan Finn", a saint from the medieval Irish tale ''[[Buile Shuibhne]]'' (''The Madness of Sweeney'').<ref name="PNI"/>