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Portadown has (or had) a large selection of academic institutions, past and present. Today, schools in Portadown operate under the Dickson Plan, a transfer system in north Armagh that allows pupils at age 11 the option of taking the 11-plus exam to enter grammar schools. Pupils in comprehensive junior high schools are sorted into grammar and ...
Craigavon (/ k r eɪ ˈ ɡ æ v ən / kray-GAV-ən) is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland.It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.
36 Derrycush Road, Cloncore, Portadown BT62 1UU House Craigavon B+ B1 HB14/01/001: Upload Photo. St. Patrick's R.C. Church, Aghacommon, Craigavon Church Craigavon B+ HB14/03/003: Upload Photo. 9 Bluestone Road, Lisnamintry, Portadown BT63 5SH House Craigavon B+ B1 HB14/04/010: Upload Photo. Church of the Holy Undivided Trinity, Magheralin ...
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.
It replaced Armagh City and District Council, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, before the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district was created on 1 April 2015. [1]
In the late 19th century the town commissioners for Portadown decided to procure various improvements to the town including the construction of new municipal buildings. [2] The new building was designed by Robert and Thomas Roe in the Victorian style, built in red brick with terracotta dressings and was completed in 1890. [3]
Craigavon Senior High School was established as a separate controlled school on 1 September 1995. Its primary function is to provide education at Key Stage 4 for those 14- to 16-year-old pupils who transfer from the junior high schools in Lurgan , Portadown and Tandragee .
McKeown was reportedly shot and wounded during an assassination attempt at his home in Craigavon's Parkmore estate in 1999. It is believed that the attack was carried out by former LVF associates, over a feud concerning the drug trade in mid-Ulster .