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Banbridge (/ b æ n ˈ b r ɪ dʒ / ban-BRIJ, [2] Irish: Droichead na Banna pronounced [d̪ˠɾˠɪçəd̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈbˠan̪ˠə] [3]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the River Bann in 1712.
The district was created as Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 1 April 2015 by merging the City and District of Armagh, Banbridge District and most of the Borough of Craigavon. The word "City" was added to the name on 24 February 2016, [3] to reflect Armagh's city status. The local authority is Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
In October 2020, a full-size 3G GAA pitch with floodlights and changing rooms wasadded to the school's sporting facilities. [3] This was funded by a grant of £1.5 million from several agencies including Peace4Youth, [4] the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council and Sport Northern Ireland.
New-Bridge Integrated College is an integrated secondary school founded in 1995 for children in Newry and Banbridge, hence the name New(ry)-(Ban)Bridge.New-Bridge was established in the rural village of Loughbrickland, Northern Ireland [2] so that it was neither in Banbridge nor Newry, it is in a small village called Loughbrickland which is 11.7 miles from Newry and less than 3.6 miles from ...
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Union Theological College, the training institution for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which also allows the wider public to study theology at undergraduate and postgraduate level Whitefield College of the Bible , Banbridge is an independent theological college operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
The college was named after the 18th century Evangelist, George Whitefield.A portrait by Samuel McCausland was commissioned for the opening. The college was formally opened on 3 October 1981 by Bob Jones, chancellor of Bob Jones University, South Carolina, USA, after receiving the key from the president of the college Ian Paisley.
Tullylish (from Irish Tulaigh Lis, meaning 'hillock of the fort') [1] [2] is a small village, townland (of 513 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. In the 2001 census it had a population of 105 people.