Ballymoyer or Ballymyre () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the historic

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Fews Upper Fews Upper () is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south of the county bordering the Republic of Ireland with its southern and south-western borders. It is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Armagh to t ...

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

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, 3 miles north-east of

Newtownhamilton Newtownhamilton is a small town and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies predominantly within Tullyvallan townland. The civil parish is within the historic barony of Fews Upper. In the 2011 Census it had 2,836 inhabitants. ...

Places of interest

Ballymoyer House Ballymoyer House, now demolished, was an 18th-century country house which stood in a 7000-acre demesne in the townland of Ballintemple, some 5 km (3 miles) north east of Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Features The house wa ...

and estate, once the seat of

Sir Walter Synnot Sir Walter Synnot (1742–1821) was an Anglo-Irishman who served as High Sheriff of Armagh. Biography Synnot was the son of Richard Synnot. He settled in the parish of Ballymoyer, County Armagh in 1778 and leased eight townlands from the See of A ...

(1742-1821), is a

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property open to the public. *Ballymoyer Woodland, an area of mixed woodland open to the public. *The walls of the original church of St Luke's were erected in the reign of Charles I but remained unroofed, due to the murder of the appointed clergyman, until 1775, when Archbishop Robinson commissioned it to be finished. The present church was then built in 1822 with the help of a donation of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits. The nearby glebe-house was built in 1825 with a loan from the Board.

Education

The local primary school is St Malachy's and it is situated beside St Malachy's chapel.

Civil parish of Ballymyre

The civil parish contains the village of Whitecross.

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: *

Aghincurk Aghincurk is a townland of 1,165 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballymyre and the historic barony of Fews Upper. See also *List of townlands in County Armagh In Ireland Counties are divided i ...

Ballinatate Ballinatate is a townland of in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Ballymyre and the historic barony of Fews Upper. See also *List of townlands in County Armagh In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes ...

* Ballintemple *

Cavanakill Cavanakill () is a townland of 1,473 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballymyre and the historic barony of Fews Upper. See also *List of townlands in County Armagh In Ireland Counties are divide ...

Corlat Corlat () or Corlatt is a townland in the north of County Monaghan in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, being located in the parish of Tydavnet. The Church of Ireland parish church is located in the village of Tydavnet itself. Corlat is often ref ...

* Knockavannon * Lurgana * Outleckan

References

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