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There are three bridges across the river at Portadown. Bridge Street and Northway are both road bridges and there is a railway bridge beside the Northway. The 'Bann Bridge' on Bridge Street is the oldest. The story of this bridge is unusual in that it was built without a river running underneath it.
Portadown is located in an area known during the troubles as the "murder triangle" [1] because of the high number of killings carried out by paramilitary organisations. The town is the site of an annual parade in July by an ex-serviceman's lodge of the Orange Order, from St Mark's Church in the town centre, where participants lay wreaths at the war memorial.
Passengers travelling on Derry/Londonderry, Portadown, Newry & Cross Border lines should make alternative arrangements to travel. ... In County Donegal there was major flooding on Bridge Street in ...
The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.Irish Catholic rebels, likely under the command of Toole McCann, killed about 100 Protestant settlers by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann and shooting those who tried to swim to safety.
Bridge of former PD&O line over a farm track, somewhere between Dungannon and Pomeroy, County Tyrone. The disused embankment has been partly removed. Building of the PD&O line started from Portadown in 1855 and reached Dungannon in 1858. [1] This first section of line opened with temporary termini at both Portadown and Dungannon. [2]
12 July: a UDA volunteer shot dead two civilians inside McCabe's Bar on High Street, Portadown, County Armagh. One (Jack McCabe, aged 48) was the pub's Catholic owner and the other (William Cochrane, aged 53) was a Protestant customer. Both were shot in the head ar close range.
the Belfast-Dublin rail line was disrupted between Portadown and Dundalk by hoax bomb alerts. [1] a 400 lb (180 kg) IRA bomb found in a derelict building at Silverbridge, County Armagh was defused by the British Army. [1] a blast bomb was thrown at a British Army patrol in Stewart Street in the Markets area of Belfast. No reported injuries. [9]
an IRA revenge attack targeting senior Loyalists in Portadown, County Armagh believed to be responsible for the Cappagh killings was foiled by the RUC. Three men dressed in boiler suits were arrested in a car intercepted in the Lurgan area. [293] an IRA unit threw a blast bomb at North Howard Street RUC base, Belfast, followed by a burst of ...