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Ballymore, County Armagh

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This article is about the civil parish and townland in County Armagh. For other uses, see Ballymore.

Ballymore, County Armagh
Tandragee, with a population of over 3,500, is the largest town in Ballymore civil parish
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Northern Ireland

Ballymore (from Irish An Baile Mór, meaning 'the large town, settlement')[1] is a civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Orior Lower.[2] Ballymore is also the name of a townland, of 676 acres, within the civil parish.

Towns and villages

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The civil parish contains the villages of Acton, Poyntzpass, Clare, and Tandragee.[2]

Townlands

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Ballymore civil parish contains at least 48 townlands.[3][4] These include:[2]

  • Acton (Irish: An Chora Uachtarach)[3]
  • Aghantaraghan (Achadh an Taracháin)[5]
  • Aughlish (Achadh Lis)[3]
  • Ballyargan (Baile Argain or 'town of plunder')[6]
  • Ballymore (Baile Mór)[3]
  • Ballynagreagh (Baile na gCreach)[3]
  • Ballynaleck (Baile na Leac or 'town of the flags/stones')[7]
  • Ballyreagh (An Baile Riabhach)[3]
  • Ballysheil Beg (Baile Uí Shiail Beag or 'Ó Sheil's townland (little)')[8]
  • Ballysheil More (Baile Uí Shiail Mór)
  • Brannock (Bran Cnoc or 'raven's hill')[9]
  • Cargans (Cargáin)[3]
  • Carrickbrack
  • Clare
  • Cloghoge
  • Coolyhill
  • Corcrum
  • Corernagh
  • Corlust
  • Crew Beg
  • Crew More
  • Cullentragh
  • Demoan
  • Derryallen
  • Druminargal
  • Druminure
  • Drumnaglontagh (Dromann na gCluainte)[3]
  • Drumnaleg
  • Federnagh (An Fheadarnach or 'the middle place')[10]
  • Glasdrumman
  • Lisbane
  • Lisnagree
  • Lisnakea
  • Lisraw
  • Mavemacullen
  • Monclone
  • Moodoge
  • Mullaghglass
  • Mullanary
  • Mullantur
  • Shaneglish
  • Skegatillida
  • Tannyoky
  • Terryhoogan
  • Tullyhugh
  • Tullylinn (Tulaigh linne or 'hill of the pond')[11]
  • Tullymacann
  • Tullynacross

Religion

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Ballymore (Church of Ireland) parish church in Tandragee

Ballymore & Clare is an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Armagh.[12] The main church of this parish, Ballymore Parish Church, is located in Tandragee. It has historical links to the local landowners, the Dukes of Manchester. The first records of at church at Ballymore date to 1343.[13] This church was severely damaged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[13][14] The original (fire damaged) church was "pulled down" and rebuilt in 1812.[13]

Ballymore & Mullaghbrack is a Catholic parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.[15] The churches in this parish are at Mullaghbrack (St James of Jerusalem), Tandragee (St James the Apostle), Poyntzpass (St Joseph) and Ballyargan (Church of St Patrick).[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ballymore". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Ballymore". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Civil Parish of Ballymore, Co. Armagh". townlands.ie. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Sub-units of: An Baile Mór/Ballymore (townlands)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Aghantaraghan Townland, Co. Armagh". townlands.ie. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Ballyargan, County Armagh". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Ballynaleck". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Ballysheil Beg, County Armagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via experience.arcgis.com.
  9. ^ "Place Names NI - Entry - Brannock, County Armagh". Archived from the original on 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Federnagh". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Tullylinn". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Diocese of Armagh - Parishes - Ballymore". armagh.anglican.org. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "History". ballymore.armagh.anglican.org. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  14. ^ "1641 CLRLE | Deposition of Elizabeth Rolleston". 1641dep.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Parish Details - Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack)". armagharchdiocese.org. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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