Hamiltonsbawn or Hamilton's Bawn is a village in
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 ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
, five miles (8 km) east of
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...
. It lies within the Parish of Mullabrack and the
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Armagh City and District Council, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the a ...
area. It had a population of 895 people (343 households) in the 2011 Census.
History
Transport
Hamiltonsbawn railway station opened on 25 August 1864 and finally closed on 1 February 1933.
Education
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Hamiltonsbawn Primary School
Hamiltonsbawn or Hamilton's Bawn is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, five miles (8 km) east of Armagh. It lies within the Parish of Mullabrack and the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council area. It had a population o ...
Hamiltonban Township, Pennsylvania
The township of
Hamiltonban
Hamiltonban Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,372 at the 2010 census.
The township is named after Hamiltonsbawn in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Geography
According to the United Sta ...
in Adams County, Pennsylvania, was founded by a relative of John Hamilton in the mid-late 18th century,
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120703004808/http://hamiltonban.com/earlyhistory.html] and named after Hamilton's Bawn.
References
Armagh townsCulture Northern Ireland
See also
*List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city s ...
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Villages in County Armagh
Populated places established in 1619
1619 establishments in Ireland