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The city of Armagh is an ancient religious site of worship of both Celtic paganism and Christianity, the oldest of the five cities
City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarchy to a select group of communities. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city"....
 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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, and the county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 of County Armagh
County Armagh

County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....
. Armagh was granted a Royal Charter
Royal Charter

A royal charter is a charter granted by a Monarch to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies . In the United Kingdom legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent....
 by Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
 in 1994, and city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 status was officially re-conferred in 1995. Armagh is the least-populated city in both Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. It had a population of 14,590 people in the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
.

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Emain Macha

Emain Macha or Emuin Macha , or Eamhain Mhacha , sometimes Latinised/Anglicised as Emania and known in English language as Navan Fort, is an ancient monument in County Armagh, Northern Ireland....
 (or Navan Fort) at the city's edge, is believed to have been used as an ancient pagan
Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, sometimes known as Celtic paganism, refers to the religious beliefs and practises of the ancient Celts of western Europe prior to Christianisation....
 ritual or ceremonial site.






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The city of Armagh is an ancient religious site of worship of both Celtic paganism and Christianity, the oldest of the five cities
City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarchy to a select group of communities. The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city"....
 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
, and the county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
 of County Armagh
County Armagh

County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....
. Armagh was granted a Royal Charter
Royal Charter

A royal charter is a charter granted by a Monarch to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies . In the United Kingdom legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent....
 by Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
 in 1994, and city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 status was officially re-conferred in 1995. Armagh is the least-populated city in both Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. It had a population of 14,590 people in the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
.

History


Foundation

Emain Macha
Emain Macha

Emain Macha or Emuin Macha , or Eamhain Mhacha , sometimes Latinised/Anglicised as Emania and known in English language as Navan Fort, is an ancient monument in County Armagh, Northern Ireland....
 (or Navan Fort) at the city's edge, is believed to have been used as an ancient pagan
Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, sometimes known as Celtic paganism, refers to the religious beliefs and practises of the ancient Celts of western Europe prior to Christianisation....
 ritual or ceremonial site. According to Irish mythology
Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology....
 it was once the capital of Ulster
Ulster

Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
, until it was abandoned during the 1st century. The site was named after the goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 Macha
Macha

Macha is the name of a goddess and several other characters in Irish mythology.Macha can also mean:*The L? Macha , a ship in the Irish Naval Service, named for the goddess...
, and as the settlement grew on the hills nearby, it was also named after the goddess — Ard Macha means "The Height of Macha".

When Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 spread to Ireland during the mid-400s, Armagh became the island's "ecclesiastical capital", as Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick , said to have been born Maewyn Succat , was a Roman Britain-born Christianity missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba....
 established his principal church there. Saint Patrick decreed that only those educated in Armagh could spread the gospel. According to the Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of Middle Ages Ireland history. The entries span from the Deluge , dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi to Anno Domini 1616....
, in the year 457:

Medieval era

In 839 and 869, the monastery in Armagh was raided by Vikings
Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
. As with similar raids, their objective was simply to acquire valuables such as silver, which the churches and monasteries often kept.

The Book of Armagh
Book of Armagh

The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus , also known as the Canon of Patrick and the Liber Armachanus, is a 9th-century Ireland manuscript written mainly in Latin....
 came from the monastery. It is a 9th century Irish manuscript now held by the Library of Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
 (ms 52). It contains some of the oldest surviving specimens of Old Irish.

Brian Boru
Brian Boru

Brian mac Cenn?tig, called Brian B?ruma, Brian Boru, Emperor of the Irish , , was an Ireland king who ended the centuries-long domination of the High King of Ireland by the U? N?ill....
 is believed to be buried in the cemetery of the St. Patrick's Church of Ireland cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh is the seat of the Archbishop of Armagh in the Church of Ireland, and was the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishops until the English Reformation....
. After having conquered the island during the 990s, he became High King of Ireland in 1002, until his death in 1014.

In 1189, John de Courcy
John de Courcy

John de Courcy was a Normans knight who arrived in Ireland in 1177. From then until his expulsion in 1204, he conquered a considerable territory, endowed religious establishments, built abbeys for both the Benedictines and the Cistercians and built strongholds at Dundrum Castle in County Down and Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim....
, a Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 knight who had invaded Ulster
Ulster

Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
 in 1177, plundered Armagh.

Modern era

Armagh has been an educational centre since the time of Saint Patrick, and thus it has been referred to as "the city of saints and scholars". The educational tradition continued with the foundation of the Royal School
The Royal School, Armagh

The Royal School, Armagh is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I of England in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation of Ulster....
 in 1608 and the Armagh Observatory
Armagh Observatory

Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage, based in Armagh, Northern Ireland.The Observatory is located close to the centre of the city of Armagh, adjacent to the Armagh Planetarium in approximately of landscaped grounds known as the Armagh Astropark, and was founded in 1790 by Richard Robinson, 1s...
 in 1790. This was part of the Archbishop's plan to have a university founded in the city. This ambition was finally fulfilled, albeit briefly, in the 1990s when Queen's University of Belfast
Queen's University of Belfast

Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university's official title, per its charter, is "The Queen's University of Belfast"....
 opened an outreach centre in the former hospital building.

The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Armagh
The Troubles in Armagh

The Troubles in Armagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.Incidents in Armagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:...
, which includes a list of incidents in Armagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

Buildings of note


Armagh is the site of two cathedral
Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
s, both on hills and both named after Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick , said to have been born Maewyn Succat , was a Roman Britain-born Christianity missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba....
. The Church of Ireland cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh is the seat of the Archbishop of Armagh in the Church of Ireland, and was the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishops until the English Reformation....
 dates back to around 445. The Roman Catholic cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic)

The present Catholic St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland was built to replace the medieval Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh , which has been retained by the Church of Ireland since the Protestant Reformation....
 was constructed during the latter half of the 1800s and features twin 64m spires
Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from Anglo-Saxon language, so it is related to "spear," rather than the Romance languages and "spirit."...
, making it the tallest such structure in the county. Armagh is the only city in the world which is home to two cathedrals of the same name.

The city is home to the Armagh Observatory
Armagh Observatory

Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage, based in Armagh, Northern Ireland.The Observatory is located close to the centre of the city of Armagh, adjacent to the Armagh Planetarium in approximately of landscaped grounds known as the Armagh Astropark, and was founded in 1790 by Richard Robinson, 1s...
, founded in 1790, and to the Armagh Planetarium
Armagh Planetarium

Armagh Planetarium is a planetarium located in Armagh, Northern Ireland close to the city centre and neighbouring Armagh Observatory in approximately fourteen acres of landscaped grounds known as the Armagh Astropark....
, established in 1968 to complement the research work of the Observatory. It has a Georgian
Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking world to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four Monarchy of the United Kingdom of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, and George IV of the...
 area of heritage importance.

The palace of the Archbishop of Armagh is now the local council offices and, along with the archbishop's private chapel, is open to the public. The Palace Stables heritage centre is a reconstructed stable
Stable

File:H?ststall Elfviks g?rd dec 2008.jpgA stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stall s for individual animals....
 block dating from the 1700s, which was once part of the Archbishop's estate.

Among the city's chief glories is the public library on Abbey Street. Founded in 1771 by Archbishop Richard Robinson (later Lord Rokeby), using his own library as its nucleus, it is especially rich in 17th and 18th century English books, including Dean Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satire, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Dublin....
's own copy of the first edition of his Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels , officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre....
 with his manuscript corrections.

Armagh Market House was built in 1815 as a two-storey five-bay building, and is currently used as a library.

Administration

The city is run by Armagh City and District Council
Armagh City and District Council

The Armagh City and District Council is a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It includes the city of Armagh, as well as the surrounding area and its population is about 54,000....
, headquartered in Armagh, which covers a larger area than just the city, but not the entire county. Together with part of the district of Newry and Mourne, it forms the Newry & Armagh constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolution legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly Reserved matters to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive....
. The Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 is Conor Murphy
Conor Murphy

Conor Murphy Murphy lives in Camlough, County Armagh and was educated at St. Colman's College, Newry and at the Queen's University of Belfast , and the University of Ulster....
 of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin

Sinn F?in is a political party in Ireland. The current party, led by Gerry Adams, was formed following a split in January 1970 and traces its origins back to the original Sinn F?in party formed in 1905....
, who is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
 prisoner and a member of the Sinn Féin negotiations team. He won the seat in the United Kingdom general election, 2005
United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced Majority government of 66....
, after the retirement of long-serving SDLP
Social Democratic and Labour Party

The Social Democratic and Labour Party is one of the two major Irish nationalism parties in Northern Ireland. During the The Troubles, the SDLP was consistently the most popular nationalist party in Northern Ireland, but since the Provisional IRA cease-fire in 1994, it has lost ground to its rival Sinn F?in, which, in 2001, became the more p...
 MP Seamus Mallon
Seamus Mallon

Seamus Mallon born 17 August 1936, County Armagh is an Irish politician and former Deputy Leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland....
.

The city has a long reputation as an administrative centre and currently located in the city is the headquarters of the Southern Education and Library Board
Southern Education and Library Board

The Southern Education and Library Board is a board providing education and library services in the southern districts of Northern Ireland: namely the district councils of Armagh, Banbridge, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council, and Newry and Mourne....
 and the Southern Health and Social Services Board.

The secretariat of the North-South Ministerial Council is based in Armagh, and consists jointly of members of the civil services of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

Armagh is the seat of both the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, both of whom hold the position of Primate of All Ireland
Primate of All Ireland

Primate of All Ireland is a title held by the Archbishop of Armagh , in both the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland traditions, and signifies that within their respective churches they are the senior churchmen in the island of Ireland....
 for their respective denominations.

Demographics

Armagh city is classified as a medium town by the (i.e. with population between 10,000 and 18,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 14,590 people living in Armagh. Of these:
  • 25.1% were aged under 16 years and 17.5% were aged 60 and over
  • 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female
  • 68.3% were from a Catholic
    Catholic

    Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
     background and 30.2% were from a Protestant
    Protestantism

    Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
     background.


For more details see:

Education


Primary

  • Armstrong Primary School
  • Christian Brothers Primary School Armagh
    Christian Brothers Primary School Armagh

    In 1841 Cardinal Cullen invited the Congregation of Christian Brothers to start a school for boys in Armagh. The first Christian Brothers Primary School was situated in Irish Street Armagh in 1851 with a school in Greenpark opening in 1854....
  • Collone Primary School
  • The Drelincourt Primary School
  • Drumhillery Primary School
  • Mount St Catherine's Primary School
  • St. Colmcille's Primary School
  • St. Malachy's Primary School, Armagh|St. Malachy's Primary School
  • St. Patrick's Primary School, Armagh|St. Patrick's Primary School
  • Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School


Post-primary

  • Armagh Integrated College
  • City of Armagh High School
    City of Armagh High School

    The City of Armagh High School is located in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is one of six schools in the Armagh City.The City of Armagh High School teaches children ages 11-18....
  • The Royal School, Armagh
    The Royal School, Armagh

    The Royal School, Armagh is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I of England in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation of Ulster....
  • Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
    Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh

    St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh, is a Catholic boys voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. The present-day school was officially opened on Thursday 27 October 1988 by the late Cardinal Tom?s ? Fiaich, the then Chairman of the Board of Governors, and was the result of the amalgamation of two of Northern Ireland...
  • St Catherine's College Armagh
    St Catherine's College Armagh

    Saint Catherine's College is a girls' non-selective Catholic all-ability school catering for the 11-18 age group and is associated with the international group of schools served by the Society of the Sacred Heart....


Transport

Armagh acquired rail links to Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
 in 1848 (Armagh railway station opened on 1 March 1848), Monaghan
Monaghan

Monaghan is a town in Republic of Ireland, the administrative capital of County Monaghan. Monaghan's population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811 ....
 in 1858, Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
 in 1864 and Keady
Keady

Keady is a small town in County Armagh in Northern Ireland, south of Armagh city and very close to the border with the Republic of Ireland. The town had a population of 2,960 people in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
 in 1909. The line to Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
 was closed in 1933, and all other lines to Armagh were closed on 1 October 1957.

The Armagh rail disaster
Armagh rail disaster

The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, Ireland when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline, the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled....
 occurred on June 12 1889 near Armagh on the line to Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
.

Sport

Gaelic football
Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
 is popular in Armagh, its two major clubs being Armagh Harps and Pearse Óg
Pearse Óg

Pearse ?g GFC was formed in 1950 as a breakaway club of Armagh Harps. 'Na Piarsaigh ?ga', roughly translated as the 'Young Pearse?s', proudly take their name from the Irish Republicans Padraig & Willie Pearse....
s.

In 2004, The Royal School, Armagh
The Royal School, Armagh

The Royal School, Armagh is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I of England in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation of Ulster....
 became only the second team in history to win both the schools' rugby
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 and hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....
 cups in the same year.

The City of Armagh Rugby
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 Club is based in the city.

The Mall in Armagh has a long association with cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
, and is the location of the the Armagh Cricket Club clubhouse.

Armagh City Football Club
Armagh City F.C.

Armagh City F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the IFA Championship. The club, founded in 1964 as Milford Everton, and originally hailed from the village of Milford, County Armagh, just outside Armagh city, but changed their name in 1988 on relocation to Armagh....
 currently plays in the IFA Championship.

Town twinning

Razgrad
Razgrad

Razgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Rome town of Abritus on the banks of the ???? ??? ....
, Bulgaria

See also

  • Book of Armagh
    Book of Armagh

    The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus , also known as the Canon of Patrick and the Liber Armachanus, is a 9th-century Ireland manuscript written mainly in Latin....
  • List of towns in Northern Ireland
    List of towns in Northern Ireland

    This is a list page for towns in Northern Ireland. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch....
  • List of villages in Northern Ireland
    List of villages in Northern Ireland

    This is a list page for villages in Northern Ireland.The defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more. Settlements of 2,250 to 4,500 people are defined as intermediate settlements, villages are defined as having populations of 1,000 to 2,250 people and small villages and hamlets are defined as having fewer than 1,000 people ...
  • Market houses in Northern Ireland
    Market Houses in Northern Ireland

    Market houses are a notable feature of many Northern Ireland towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape....


External links

  • - an interactive galleria which comprises assorted images of Armagh architecture, landscape and society.