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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.
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 .
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 an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland.For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population.The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city status in the United Kingdom).
The following is a list of townlands in County Armagh, Northern Ireland: [1] [2 ... Killycomain, Killyfaddy, Killylea, Killylyn, Killymaddy, Killynure, ...
The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Armagh Asylum in 1825. [1] It expanded with the opening of the Hill Building in 1898. [ 2 ] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and various facilities including inpatient dementia ...
It is named after its county town, Armagh, which derives from the Irish Ard Mhacha, meaning "Macha's height". Macha was a sovereignty goddess in Irish mythology and is said to have been buried on a wooded hill around which the town of Armagh grew. [5] County Armagh is colloquially known as the "Orchard County" because of its many apple orchards ...
Dorsey Walls meet Bonds rd. Na Doirse, the gateways, is an extensive earthwork which runs through the South Armagh area. The Dorsey Ramparts, or 'The Walls' as they are known locally, are said to have been a fortified frontier post to the kingdom whose capital was Emain Macha (Navan Fort), blocking an important historic route into South Armagh.