Keady (from Irish: an Céide, meaning "the flat-topped hill") is a village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh with six townlands in the barony of Tiranny. It had a population of 3,036 people in the 2011 Census.
Population: 3,171
Latitude: 54° 15' 0.00" N
Longitude: -6° 42' 0.00" W
Loughgall (/lɒxˈɡɔːl/ lokh-GAWL; from Irish: Loch gCál, meaning "cabbage lake") is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West. It…
Gosford Castle is situated in Gosford, a townland of Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, close to the border with County Down. Construction of the castle began in 1819 and finished in the 1850s. It was commissioned by Archibald Acheson, 2nd…
The Battle of the Diamond was a planned confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and the Protestant Peep o' Day Boys that took place on 21 September 1795 near Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland. The Peep o' Day Boys were the victors, killing betw…
Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage, based in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Armagh City and District Council was a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Arm…
The Royal School, Armagh is a co-educational Grammar school in the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. The Headmaster, Paul Crute, is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference HMC. The Royal School is a voluntary grammar school of …
The Battle of Benburb took place on 5 June 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the forces of Confederate Ireland under Owen Roe O'Neill and a Scottish Covenanter and Angl…
Operation Conservation was a British Army attempt to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh.
Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: Raonaithe na Croise) is a GAA club in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St.
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; …
The Ring of Gullion (Irish: Fáinne Cnoc Shliabh gCuillinn, meaning "hill ring of Slieve Gullion") is a geological formation and area, officially designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, (AONB) located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. …
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…
Cullyhanna (from Irish Coilleach Eanach, meaning "marshy wood" or Coill Uí hAnnaidh meaning "Ó Hanna's wood") is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the main road between Newtownhamilton and Crossmaglen. It ha…
Tydavnet (Irish: Tigh Damhnata, meaning "house of Davnet") is a small village and townland in northern County Monaghan, Ireland, and also the name of the parish in which the village sits.
Benburb (from Irish: Beann Borb, meaning "proud/prominent cliff")) is a hamlet and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies seven miles from Armagh and nine miles from Dungannon.
The Athletic Grounds (Irish: Páirc Lúthchleasaíochta) is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Tandragee Castle, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was built in 1837 by The 6th Duke of Manchester as the family's Irish home.