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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.
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 .
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).
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 ...
The following is a list of townlands in County Armagh, Northern Ireland: [1] [2 ... Killycomain, Killyfaddy, Killylea, Killylyn, Killymaddy, Killynure, ...
Killyleagh Castle is a private family residence that is said to be the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland.It has been the home of the Hamilton family since the 17th century Plantation of Ulster and acquired its fairy-tale silhouette in the 1850s when the turrets were added, but it is mostly the same castle that the second Earl of Clanbrassil rebuilt in 1666.
Collegeland (Irish: An Choláiste) is a semi-rural area in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland.It includes the townlands of Aghinlig, Keenaghan, Lislasley, Kinnego, Mullaghmore, and Tirmacrannon [1] [2] near the village of Charlemont and just across the River Blackwater from Moy, County Tyrone, within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.