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Located in the province of Ulster, County Armagh is the smallest of the six counties that comprise Northern Ireland. It is sometimes called the Orchard County, in reference to the abundance of apples that grow in the fertile soil.
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These stately Georgian era buildings once housed the royal stables. They are now restored, with exhibits that focus on the events of one day, July 23, 1776, in the life of the former occupant, Richard Robinson, also known as…

Armagh County Museum is a treasury of history and art that uniquely reflects the character of the region known as the “Orchard County”. Built in 1834, the building was first used as a school. Some years later, it…

Lough Neagh is widely known as the largest lake of fresh water throughout the British Isles. It is 20 miles long and nine miles wide and mostly shallow, but reported to be as many as 80 feet deep in…

The word ‘trian’ (pronounced tree-an) means ‘layer’ in Gaelic. During the Middle Ages, the city of Armagh was divided into three trians. They were represented by three districts – Trian Mor, Masain, and Sassenach. Today, the boundaries of…

St. Patrick reportedly erected the original building that occupied this site. The church that stands there today dates back to the early 19th century, in the Gothic tradition. Some of the statues hark back to the transition period from…

St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral is an imposing site, perched on the hilltop in Armagh and dominating its skyline. The church was begun in 1840, but because of the intervening famine years, not completed until 1873.
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The city of Armagh is one of Ireland’s oldest, and is widely recognized as the country’s centre for organized religion. Armagh is the archdiocesan capital of both the Roman Catholic and Protestant (Church of Ireland) faiths.
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Situated on the river Blackwater near Benburb, the main attraction of the park is its charming antique weaving factory that still houses original machinery from the 1800s. Various galleries showcase displays detailing the warping, weaving, beetling and dyeing processes…

Nature lovers will be amazed at the unique wilderness area that surrounds his former raised bog, from which turf has been cut for more than three centuries. These days, nearly all of the familiar reddish, acidic turf is gone,…