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Loughgall (/ l ɒ x ˈ ɡ ɔː l / lokh-GAWL; from Irish Loch gCál) [1] [2] is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West. [3] It had a population of 282 people (116 households) in the 2011 Census. [4] Loughgall was named after a ...
Loughgilly (/ l ɒ x ˈ ɡ ɪ l i / lokh-GIL-ee; from Irish Loch Gile [1] or Loch Goilí) [2] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the main Armagh to Newry road, about halfway between the two. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. It had a population of 84 people (42 ...
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. The village lies to the west of County Armagh , and is close to the neighbouring counties of County Tyrone and County Monaghan which is in the Republic of Ireland .
Following an intensification of sectarian feeling in the 1820s, Fr Daniel O’Rafferty, the parish priest, applied in 1834 for a national school in the parish, which opened in Maphoner in August. Jackson's legacy also saw a dispensary set up in Forkhill in 1821, a two-storey building attended by a doctor, Samuel Walker, three days a week and ...
Keady (from Irish An Céide, meaning 'the flat-topped hill' [1]) is a town and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh with six townlands in the barony of Tiranny. [2] It had a population of 3,051 people in the ...
Kilmore or Killmore (from the Irish: Cill Mhór) [2] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Richhill and within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area. It had a population of 190 people (74 households) in the 2011 Census. [1]
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.
Jonesborough or Jonesboro [3] [4] [5] (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ər ə /; Irish: Baile an Chláir) is a small village and civil parish in the Ring of Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south of Newry and lies 1,000 yards (1 km) from the border with County Louth in the Republic of Ireland.