Ballymoyer or Ballymyre () is a
civil parish in the historic
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of
Fews Upper,
County Armagh,
Northern Ireland,
3 miles north-east of
Newtownhamilton.
Places of interest
*
Ballymoyer House and estate, once the seat of
Sir Walter Synnot (1742-1821), is a
National Trust 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.
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Townlands
The civil parish contains the following townlands:[
* Aghincurk
*]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
* Knockavannon
* Lurgana
* Outleckan
See also
* List of civil parishes of County Armagh
*Florence MacMoyer
Florence MacMoyer ( ga, Flaithrí Mac an Mhaoir ; fl. 1662 – 12 February 1713), a native of Ballymoyer, County Armagh, Ireland was the last hereditary keeper of the Book of Armagh, a 9th-century Irish manuscript written mainly in Latin. Th ...
References
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