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People from Craigavon, County Armagh (22 P) Pages in category "Craigavon" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Craigavon (/ k r eɪ ˈ ɡ æ v ən / kray-GAV-ən) is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement , begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland : James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon .
11 November: three IRA volunteers (Sean Burns, Gervaise McKerr, and Eugene Toman) were shot dead in an undercover RUC ambush at a vehicle check point (VCP) at Tullygalley East Road, Craigavon, County Armagh. [34] 16 November: the IRA killed UVF leader Lenny Murphy outside his girlfriend's house in Forthriver Park, Belfast.
Ballydugan or Ballydougan (from Irish Baile Uí Dhúgáin 'Ó Dúgáin's townland') is a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the County Armagh–County Down border, between Lurgan and Gilford. Ballydougan is within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.
The district was created as Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 1 April 2015 by merging the City and District of Armagh, Banbridge District and most of the Borough of Craigavon. The word "City" was added to the name on 24 February 2016, [3] to reflect Armagh's city status. The local authority is Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
Derrymacash (from Irish Doire Mhic Cais, meaning 'Oakgrove of MacCash') [1] is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is about four miles west of Lurgan, between the M1 motorway and Lough Neagh. It had a population of 629 in the 2001 census. [2]
By 1970 six housing estates had been built in Craigavon and Éire Óg's membership and teams grew with the newly developed area. [citation needed] In 1970 Éire Óg entered the Armagh All County Leagues, and with two new primary schools in the area, it began to field senior, under-12 and under-14 teams in the North Armagh Leagues. [citation needed]