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Parish Etymology or likely etymology Townlands Sources Armagh: Irish: Ard Mhacha, meaning 'Macha's height' 24 [2] Ballymore: Irish: an Baile Mór, meaning 'the large settlement' 47 [3] Ballymyre: Irish: Baile an Mhaoir, meaning 'Myre's settlement' 8 [4] Clonfeacle: 18 [5] Creggan: Irish: an Creagán, meaning 'the rocky place' 58 [6] Derrynoose ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Civil parish of Shankill, County Armagh (2 P) T. Civil parish of Tynan (3 P) Pages in category "Civil parishes of County Armagh"
Printable version; In other projects ... Civil parishes of County Armagh (12 C, 12 P) D. Civil parishes of County Down (69 C, 1 P) F. Civil parishes of County ...
The civil parish was used for census and taxation purposes. [12] The civil parishes were included on the nineteenth-century maps of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. [13] At the time of the 1861 census there were 2,428 civil parishes in Ireland (average area 34.8 square kilometres (13.4 sq mi; 8,600 acres)). [9]
In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Armagh , Northern Ireland : [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contents:
Magheralin is a civil parish largely in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down and Oneilland East (three townlands) in County Armagh. [1]
There currently appear to be 113 civil parishes in County Kildare. [14] This includes two civil parishes named Cloncurry, two named Nurney, and two named Tully. Before 1881, there were also civil parishes of Ballybought, Coughlanstown and Jago. [15] Other sources treat Cloncurry, Nurney and Tully all as one civil parish each. [15]
Armagh is within the civil parish of Armagh. Like the rest of Ireland, this parish is divided into townlands , whose names mostly come from the Irish language. When these townlands were built upon, they lent their names to various streets, roads and housing estates.