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The Province of Armagh is one of the four ecclesiastical provinces that together form the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; the others are Dublin, Tuam and Cashel.The geographical remit of the province straddles both political jurisdictions on the island of Ireland – the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Diocese of Armagh is the metropolitan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, the Church of Ireland province that covers the northern half (approximately) of the island of Ireland. The diocese mainly covers counties Louth , Tyrone and Armagh , and parts of Down .
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]
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 ...
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
Civil parish of Shankill, County Armagh (2 P) T. ... Pages in category "Civil parishes of County Armagh" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Armagh (/ ɑːr ˈ m ɑː / ar-MAH; Irish: Ard Mhacha, IPA: [ˌaːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈwaxə], "Macha's height" [3]) is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
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 ...