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Killylea (/ k ɪ l iː ˈ l eɪ /; from Irish Coillidh Léith 'grey forest') is a small village and townland in Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland , built in 1832, at its summit.
1.2 Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society (1856–1930) 1.3 Birth of County Museum (1930–1937) ... The Armagh County Museum is a museum in Armagh, ...
Killyleagh Castle is a private family residence that is said to be the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland.It has been the home of the Hamilton family since the 17th century Plantation of Ulster and acquired its fairy-tale silhouette in the 1850s when the turrets were added, but it is mostly the same castle that the second Earl of Clanbrassil rebuilt in 1666.
On the afternoon of 24 July 1990, 37-year-old nun Catherine Dunne was driving an Austin Metro car with a passenger, Cathy McCann, a 25-year-old social worker. [2] Some hours previously, members of the IRA took over a house close to Killylea Road, two miles outside Armagh, County Armagh, holding its occupants, a married couple and their children, at gunpoint.
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. See the list of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties. Towns are listed in bold .
Armagh Market House was built in 1815 as a two-storey five-bay building, and is currently used as a library. Armagh County Museum is the oldest county museum in Ireland. [36] The building dates from 1833 and was originally a school house. It was opened as the County Museum in 1937.
This became the third recent incident after which allegations were made that security forces were operating a 'shoot to kill' policy in County Armagh. Their deaths were subsequently investigated by John Stalker as part of his investigation into the Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland. Both men would later have brothers killed in the Troubles.
Military history of County Armagh (3 C, 27 P, 1 F) N. History of Newry (4 P) P. Politics of County Armagh (5 C, 9 P) Pages in category "History of County Armagh"