Articles of interest in Portadown
Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was a large neo-gothic-romantic country house built circa 1750 (later renovated circa 1815) and situated outside the village of Tynan. It was home to the Stronge family until 1981, when it was bombed; …
Aghagallon (from Irish: Achadh Gallan, meaning "field of the standing stone") is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about three miles northeast of Lurgan and had a population of 824 in the 2001 Census.
The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in the town of Coal…
Newry and Armagh is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The Glenanne barracks bombing was a large truck bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA against a British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at Glenanne, near Mountnorris, County Armagh. The driverless lorry was rolled down a hill at the rea…
Upper Bann is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The Royal School is a public mixed school located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the planta…
Royal Air Force station Long Kesh or more simply RAF Long Kesh was a Royal Air Force station at Maze, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Mourneview Park is a football stadium in Lurgan, and is the home ground of IFA Premiership club Glenavon.
Loughbrickland ( lokh-BRIK-lan(d); from Irish: Loch Bricleann) is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, south of Banbridge on the main Belfast to Dublin road. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 681. Loughbrickland is…
Drumcree Parish Church, officially The Church of the Ascension, is the parish church of Drumcree Church of Ireland parish.
Donaghmore (pronounced /ˌdoʊnəˈmɔər/ DOH-nə-MOHR, Irish: Domhnach Mor (great church)) is a village, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about five kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Dungannon. In the 2001 Census it had a popula…
Castle Caulfield is a large ruined house situated in Castlecaulfield, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The building was three storeys high with attics, many large mullioned windows and tall chimneystacks. A joist from one of the walls was dated usin…
Banbridge Academy is a grammar school in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, founded in 1786. As of 2014 the Principal is Robin McLoughlin, previously a headmaster of Grosvenor Grammar School. Mr. Loughlin preceded Mr. Pollock (1995-2014). Mr. Pollock is n…
Ardboe High Cross (Irish: Seanchrois Ard Bó) is a high cross and national monument located in Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was the first high cross built in Ulster. This cross is about 18.5 feet (5.6 m) high and 3.5 feet (1.1 m) wide.…
Magheralin (from Irish Machaire Lainne, meaning "plain of the pool") is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the main Moira to Lurgan road, beside the River Lagan. It had a population of 1,144 people in the 2001 Cens…
HMP Maghaberry was built on the site of a World War II airfield near Lisburn, Northern Ireland that was used as a transit base for the United States Army Air Forces.
Coney Island is an island in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated approximately 1 km from Maghery in County Armagh, is thickly wooded and of nearly 9 acres (36,000 m2) in area. It lies between the mouths of the River Blackwater and the Rive…
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