Collegeland () is a semi-rural area in north

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. It includes the

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s of

Aghinlig Aghinlig () is a townland of 509 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Loughgall and the historic barony of Armagh Armagh ( ; , , " Macha's height") is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in ...

, Keenaghan, Lislasley, Kinnego, Mullaghmore, and Tirmacrannon near the village of Charlemont and just across the River Blackwater from

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, within the

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area. It had a population of 122 people (42 households) in the 2011 census. In 1859, the lease of the Collure estate (as it was then known) was inherited at his father's death by John Howard Parnell, elder brother of

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. In 1879, John Parnell, financially strapped, offered his subtenants terms on which to purchase their own farms, according to the "

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Clauses" of the

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. As late as 1980, tenant farmers in the area paid rent to the estate of Olivia Parnell (widow of John Howard Parnell). A portion of the rents paid for upkeep of

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, hence the name "Collegeland." Five killings in the Collegeland townlands of Aghinlig and Lislasley are noted in the article on The Troubles in Loughgall.

Sport

The village is home to Collegeland O'Rahilly's Gaelic Athletic Club. They won the Armagh junior championship in 2007 by beating Clady in Armagh (final scores Collegeland 1:09 Clady 0:09).

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