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St Patrick's Cathedral sign, November 2009. St Patrick's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Phádraig, Ard Mhacha) is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh. [1] The origins of the site are as a 5th century Irish stone monastery, said to have been founded by ...
Place Donaghmore, County Tyrone village, townland, civil parish Coordinates: 54°32′N 6°49′W / 54.533°N 6.817°W / 54.533; -6.817 Donaghmore Main Street Donaghmore main street (c. 2003) Donaghmore) is a village, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about five kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Dungannon. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,122 ...
The diocese traces its history to St Patrick in the 5th century, who founded the see. Church property that existed when the Church of Ireland broke with the Roman Catholic Church, buildings included, was retained by the reformed Church of Ireland, then on the disestablishment of the Church in 1871, confiscated by the state. Schools, churches ...
Dungannon is linked to the M1 motorway, which runs from the southeast of the town to Belfast. There is an Ulsterbus town bus service that runs daily that serves the town's suburbs, [45] formerly operated by the Optare Solo buses. The nearest railway station is Portadown on Northern Ireland Railways.
St John's Anglican church in Killymuck. Ballinderry consists of 12 townlands. [3] Below is a list of these townlands along with their Irish origin and meaning. [4] Ardagh (from Irish Ard achadh, meaning 'high field') Ballinderry (from Irish Baile an Doire, meaning 'town of the oakwood')
St. Patrick’s Church is said to have been established by St. Patrick, after a local chieftain offered him a site for a church on the north bank of the River Bann in the 5th century. [3] Patrick is said to have chosen a spot covered in ferns, giving rise to the name Cuil Raithin (or 'ferny retreat') which became the name of the town of ...
The "Drumcree Sunday" parade from the town centre, to Drumcree Church, and back again. This is the biggest of the parades. Its traditional route was Obins Street→Corcrain Road→Dungannon Road→Drumcree Road→Garvaghy Road, but it is now banned from Obins Street and Garvaghy Road. 12 July parade.
A new Catholic Church, St Mary's, had just been completed in the then largely Protestant town (replacing a thatched chapel built on the site of an old quarry). [15] Two miles distant there was "an extensive and improved demesne, with a fine park, is Stewart Hall, the seat of Earl Castle-Stewart , who derives his titles of Baron and Earl from ...