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The school was founded in 1970 by the De La Salle Brothers to educate pupils from Derrynoose, Keady, Madden, Ballymacnab, Granemore, Clady, Darkley and Middletown, County Armagh. St Patrick's now also has students from Armagh and Monaghan. Upon opening the school had 450 pupils and 22 teachers which has now grown to an enrolment of 1015 pupils ...
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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
St Patrick's Grammar School (Irish: Scoil Ghramadaí Naomh Pádraig), Armagh, is a Roman Catholic boys' voluntary school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland.The present-day school was officially opened on Thursday, 27 October, 1988, by the late Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, the then Chairman of the Board of Governors, and was the result of the amalgamation of two of Northern Ireland's oldest ...
The school arrived at its current 27-acre (110,000 m 2) site on College Hill in the 1770s. [3] A boys' school from its inception, the school was amalgamated with Armagh Girls' High School in 1986 to become co-educational. [4]
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]