List of civil parishes of County Armagh
In Ireland, the counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of parishes in County Armagh.[1]
Parish | Etymology or likely etymology | Townlands | Sources |
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Armagh | Irish: Ard Mhacha, meaning "Macha's height" | 24 | [2] |
Ballymore | Irish: an Baile Mór, meaning "the large settlement" | 47 | [3] |
Ballymyre | Irish: Baile an Mhaoir, meaning "Myre's settlement" | 8 | [4] |
Clonfeacle | 18 | [5] | |
Creggan | Irish: an Creagán, meaning "the rocky place" | 58 | [6] |
Derrynoose | Irish: Doire Núis | 42 | [7] |
Drumcree | Irish: Droim Crí, meaning "ridge of/on the border" | 65 | [8] |
Eglish | Irish: an Eaglais, meaning "the church" | 60 | [9][10] |
Forkill | Irish: Foirceal | 25 | [11] |
Grange | 36 | [12] | |
Jonesborough | 3 | [13] | |
Keady | Irish: an Céide, meaning "the flat-topped hill" | 23 | [14] |
Kilclooney | Irish: Cill Chluaine, meaning "church of the meadow" | 22 | [15] |
Kildarton | 18 | [16] | |
Killevy | Irish: Cill Shléibhe, meaning "church of the hill" | 59 | [17] |
Killyman | 11 | [18] | |
Kilmore | Irish: an Chill Mhór, meaning "the big church" | 51 | [19] |
Lisnadill | Irish: Lios na Daille, meaning "ringfort of the blindness" | 24 | [20][21] |
Loughgall | Irish: Loch gCál, meaning "cabbage lake" | 33 | [22] |
Loughgilly | Irish: Loch Goilí/Loch Gile, meaning "lake of brightness" | 50 | [23][24] |
Magheralin | Irish: Machaire Lainne, meaning "plain of the pool" | 4 | [25] |
Montiaghs | Irish: (Na) Móinteacha, meaning "(the) bogs" | 10 | [26][27] |
Mullaghbrack | Irish: an Mullach Breac, meaning "the speckled hilltop" | 44 | [28][29] |
Newry | Irish: an tIúr, meaning "the yew" | 12 | [30] |
Newtownhamilton | 23 | [31] | |
Seagoe | Irish: Suidhe Gabha, meaning "sitting place of the smith" | 47 | [32][33] |
Shankill | Irish: Seanchill/Seanchoill, meaning "old church/old wood" | 24 | [34][35] |
Tartaraghan | 30 | [36] | |
Tynan | Irish: Tuíneán, meaning "watercourse" | 69 | [37][38] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Parishes of Ulster". Ulster Ancestry. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ↑ "Armagh". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Ballymore". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Ballymyre". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Clonfeacle". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Creggan". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Derrynoose". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Drumcree". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Eglish". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Eglish". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Forkill". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Grange". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Jonesborough". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Keady". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Kilclooney". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Kildarton". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Killevy". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Killyman". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Kilmore". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Lisnadill". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Lisnadill". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Loughgall". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Loughgilly". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Loughgilly". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Magheralin". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Montiaghs". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Montiaghs and Islands". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Mullaghbrack". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Mullaghbrack". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Newry". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Newtownhamilton". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Seagoe". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Seagoe". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Shankill". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Shankill". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Tartaraghan". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ↑ "Tynan". Placenames NI.
- ↑ "Tynan". Placenames Database of Ireland.
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