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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.
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.
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 .
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.
The following is a list of townlands in County Armagh, Northern Ireland: [1] [2 ... Killyfaddy, Killylea, Killylyn, Killymaddy, Killynure, Killyquin, ...
Killeen [nb 1] or Killean (from Irish Cillín) [1] is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Killevy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. [1] It lies about four miles (6.5 km) south of Newry, near the border with County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 75 people.
Loughgilly (/ l ɒ x ˈ ɡ ɪ l i / lokh-GIL-ee; from Irish Loch Gile [1] or Loch Goilí) [2] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the main Armagh to Newry road, about halfway between the two. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. It had a population of 84 people (42 ...
The Mullacreevie ambush took place on 1 March 1991, when a mobile patrol of the Ulster Defence Regiment composed of two Land Rover vehicles was attacked with an improvised horizontal mortar by a Provisional IRA active service unit from the North Armagh Brigade while passing near Mullacreevie housing estate, on the west side of Armagh City.