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Craigavon (/ k r eɪ ˈ ɡ æ v ən / kray-GAV-ən; Irish: Creag Abhann [4]) is a town in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland.Its construction began in 1965 and it was named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.
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.
Armagh City and District Council was a single district council until 2015 when it merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, sometimes colloquially referred to as the ABC council.
On 10 March 2009, the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA), a republican paramilitary group that emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA, claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of a PSNI officer in Craigavon, County Armagh—the first police fatality in Northern Ireland since 1998. The officer was fatally shot by a sniper as he ...
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon County Armagh 131 54 0.16 828.69 Small village or hamlet 420 Mounthill: Mid and East Antrim County Antrim 128 55 0.09 1,462.62 Small village or hamlet 421 Tynan: Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon County Armagh 127 53 0.10 1,259.36 Small village or hamlet 422 Ryan Park Lisburn and Castlereagh County Down 124 61 0.02
Lurgan sits in the north-eastern corner of County Armagh in a relatively flat part of Ireland by the south east shore of Lough Neagh, on the border with County Down and less than 2 miles from the border of County Antrim. The two main formations in north Armagh are an area of estuarine clays by the shore of the lough, and a mass of basalt ...
Portadown (from Irish Port an Dúnáin 'landing place of the little fort' pronounced [pɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈd̪ˠuːnˠaːnʲ]) [3] [4] is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about 24 miles (39 km) [ 5 ] southwest of Belfast .
Map of the borough's DEAs from 1993 to 2014. Craigavon Borough Council was a local council in counties Armagh, Down and Antrim, in Northern Ireland.It merged with Armagh City and District Council and Banbridge District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.