Keady () is a village and

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and near the border with the

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with six townlands in the barony of Tiranny. It had a population of 3,051 people in the 2011 Census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
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© Crown copyright. A tributary of the River Callan, known as the Clea, flows from its source in Clea Lake (also spelled as Clay Lake) through the middle of the village. The River Clea once powered Keady's millwheels. In the middle of the village, on the banks of the river, stands the Old Mill, which has been converted into workshops and offices.

History

The Troubles

For more information see

The Troubles in Keady The Troubles in Keady refers to incidents taking place in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Incidents in Keady during the Troubles resulting in one or more fatalities: 1972 *21 January 1972 - Stentiford, Philip (18) Br ...

, which includes a list of incidents in Keady during the Troubles resulting in two or more deaths.

Transport

*The railway arrived in Keady in 1909, with the opening of the Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway line from Armagh, which was extended to Castleblayney in 1910. Keady railway station opened on 31 May 1909, closed for passenger traffic on 1 February 1932 and finally closed altogether on 1 October 1957. As a cross border line, when the

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was created in 1922, it lost all passenger traffic in 1923, with freight being withdrawn from the cross border section from Castleblayney to Keady in 1924. The Armagh to Keady freight service was withdrawn on 1 October 1957. *There is a railway viaduct in Keady as well as one of the more interesting artifacts of Irish railway history, the tunnel for the Ulster and Connaught Light Railway. This was a proposal for a narrow gauge line from Greenore,

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

to Clifden,

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, for which the tunnel under the railway

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at Keady was built, but never used.

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now use part of the tunnel as a bus garage.

People

Cathal Boylan Cathal Boylan (Irish name: ''Cathal Ó Baoighealláin, ''born 30 April 1964) MLA has been a councillor on Armagh City and District Council since 2005. In March 2007 Cathal was elected as an MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the N ...

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

MLA * Michael Colgan, actor * Jimmy Jones, footballer * Tommy Makem, singer, musician, and songwriter * Sarah Makem (18 October 1900 – 20 April 1983) Traditional Irish singer *

Dessie O'Hare Dessie O'Hare (born 26 October 1956), also known as "The Border Fox", is an Irish republican paramilitary who was once the most wanted man in Ireland. O'Hare was originally in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) but left in the late 19 ...

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paramilitary *

John Dillon Nugent __NOTOC__ John Dillon Nugent (22 December 1869 – 1 March 1940) was an Irish nationalist politician, insurance representative and company director. He was born at Keady, County Armagh, the son of grocer John Nugent and Sarah Dillon. He was educ ...

(1869 – 1 March 1940) Irish nationalist politician *

Louisa Watson Peat Louisa Watson Peat, born Louisa Watson Small, (1883–1953) was an Irish-born writer and lecturer. Life and work Born in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, Louisa Peat attending Queens College in Belfast, and also attended the University of London ...

(1883–1953) was an Irish-born writer and lecturer.

Churches in Keady

* The Temple Presbyterian, Rev Ian Abraham * Second Keady Presbyterian, Rev Alan Marsh
www.secondkeady.co.uk
* St Matthews Church of Ireland * St Patrick’s Church, Keady, is one of the largest churches in the Archdiocese of Armagh in regard to seating capacity. Built in 1860, it was extended and extensively renovated in 1989.

Schools

* Clea Primary School * Keady Primary School *

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* St. Mary's Boys' School (Keady) *

St Patrick's High School (Keady) St Patrick's High School is a Roman Catholic non-selective, mixed secondary school in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland that was founded in 1970 by the De La Salle Brothers. History The school was founded in 1970 by the De La Salle Br ...

Demography

Keady is classified as an intermediate settlement by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 2,500 and 4,999 people). On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Keady Settlement was 3,051, accounting for 0.17% of the NI total. Of these: *21.53% were aged under 16 years and 14.00% were aged 65 and over *48.90% of the population were male and 51.10% were female *87.45% were from a Catholic background and 10.32% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' background

Civil parish of Keady

The civil parish contains the villages of Darkley and Keady.

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Aughnagurgan * Brackly * Cargaclogher * Carrickduff *

Clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

* Corkley * Crossdened * Crossmore * Crossnamoyle * Crossnenagh * Darkley * Drumderg * Dundrum * Dunlarg *

Granemore Granemore () is a townland of 785 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about seven miles from Armagh and three miles from Keady. It is situated in the civil parish of Keady and historic barony of Armagh. History The Troubles The local pub, T ...

* Iskymeadow * Kilcam * Lagan * Racarbry * Tassagh * Tievenamara * Tullyglush * Tullynamalloge

References

County Armagh.comCulture Northern Ireland

External links

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