Armagh (named after the city of Armagh) is a barony 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 an ...

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. It lies in the west of the county, bordering

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...

with its north-western boundary, and bordering the

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with its southern boundary. It is bordered by five other baronies in Northern Ireland:

Tiranny Tiranny () is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the western boundary of the county, bordering County Tyrone to its west and County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland to its south. It is bordered by three other baronies in No ...

to the west,

Dungannon Middle Dungannon Middle (named after Dungannon town) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was created in 1851 with the splitting of the barony of Dungannon. It is bordered by Lough Neagh to the east and six other baronies: Dungannon Upper ...

to the north-west, Oneilland West to the north-east,

Fews Lower Fews Lower ()''A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. Oxford Reference. is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Its lies in the center of the county, with an enclave lying just to the south-east. The main portion is bordered by four other ba ...

to the east, and

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 ...

to the south-east. It also borders to the south the barony of Cremorne in the Republic of Ireland.

Geographical features

Some of the geographical features of Armagh barony include: * Loughnashade * Kinnegoe Bog * Creaghan Stream * Yellow Ford, where the

Battle of the Yellow Ford The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in County Armagh on 14 August 1598, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. An English army of about 4,000, led by Henry Bagenal, was sent from the Pale to relieve the besieged Blackwater Fort. Marching f ...

took place in 1598

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Armagh:

Towns

* Armagh (also part in barony of Oneilland West)

Villages and population centres

* Charlemont *Killevy * Milford

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Armagh: *Armagh (split with barony of Oneilland West) *

Clonfeacle Clonfeacle is a civil parish in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is split across the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West in County Armagh and Dungannon Lower and Dungannon Middle in County Tyrone. The Parish co ...

(also partly in baronies of Dungannon Lower ne townland Dungannon Middle and Oneilland West) *Eglish (split with barony of Tiranny) *Grange (split with barony of Oneilland West) *

Keady Keady () is a village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh with six townlands in the barony of Tirann ...

(also partly in barony of Tiranny) *Lisnadill (split with baronies of Fews Lower and Fews Upper) *

Loughgall Loughgall ( ; ) is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West. It had a population of 282 people (116 households) in the 2011 Censu ...

(also partly in barony of Oneilland West)

References

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