Corbet

Corbet
Irish: *An Carbad*
Corbet Irish: An Carbad;
	Corbet Lough in 2009
	Corbet Location within County Down
Population	107 (2011 Census)
District	Banbridge;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Banbridge
Postcode district	BT32
Dialling code	028
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°12′N 6°07′W / 54.20°N 6.12°W

Corbet (from Irish An Carbad, meaning 'the jaw/boulder')^[1] is a small village and townland (of 618 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland, 5 km east of Banbridge. It is situated in the civil parish of Magherally and the historic barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half.^[2] It lies within the Banbridge District. It had a population of 107 people (39 households) in the 2011 Census.^[3] (2001 Census: 95 people)

Places of interest

Corbet Lough is a reservoir and important angling lake with the 70 acre trout fishery controlled by Banbridge Angling Club. Facilities at the Lough include a boating dock and jetty and numerous fishing stands.^[4]
The River Bann also flows nearby.

The station was opened on 1 March 1880.^[5]

The station closed on 2 May 1955. This action took place under the Ulster Transport Authority, cutting Newcastle, County Down from the rail network.

^ "Corbet". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Corbet". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Corbet". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Banbridge Angling Club - Corbet Lough". Discover Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Corbet station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 May 2012.