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The Province of Armagh is one of the four ecclesiastical provinces that together form the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; the others are Dublin, Tuam and Cashel.The geographical remit of the province straddles both political jurisdictions on the island of Ireland – the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
As of 2011 the diocese had 31,000 parishioners in its 44 parochial units. Ordained and lay ministry involved 47 serving and 28 retired clergy; 13 Diocesan Readers and 37 Parish Readers.
Derrynoose (from Irish Doire Núis, meaning 'oakwood of new milk') [1] is a village and civil parish in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 4.5 km south-west of Keady.. The village lies partly in the townland of Mullyard (in the civil parish of Derrynoose) and partly in the townland of Crossnamoyle (in the civil parish of Keady). [1]
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 ...
Armagh has a temperate maritime climate (Cfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. The nearest Met Office standard weather station, at Armagh Observatory, provides long term weather data back to 1794. [80] [81] The lowest temperature was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 7 February 1895. This is also the coldest temperature on record ...
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
Civil parish of Shankill, County Armagh (2 P) T. ... Pages in category "Civil parishes of County Armagh" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Clonfeacle (Irish: Cluain Fiacal) [1] is a civil parish in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is split across the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West in County Armagh and Dungannon Lower and Dungannon Middle in County Tyrone. [2] The parish contains the following 122 townlands: [3