Mullaghbrack, Mullabrack or Mullaghbrac () is a small
village,
townland and
civil parish in
County Armagh,
Northern Ireland. It is on the road between
Markethill and
Hamiltonsbawn, just north of
Gosford Forest Park
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. It had a population of 54 people (24 households) in the 2011 Census.
(2001 Census: 75 people)
History
In the 5th Century a simple wooden church was built at Mullaghbrack, within the remains of an ancient earthen-ringed fort by the
Culdee Priors of Armagh, who were regarded by some as successors of
St. Patrick
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During the
Irish Rebellion of 1641
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, Markethill and its district did not escape the havoc. Irish commander
Féilim Ó Néill, on his march from
Newry to
Armagh
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in 1641, ordered Mulmory MacDonell "... to kill all the English and Scots within the parishes of Mullebrack, Logilly and Kilcluney". Among properties destroyed were the Parish Churches of Mullaghbrack and Kilcluney, Achesons Castle at Markethill and Hamilton's bawn. The rectors of Mullaghbrack (Reverend Mercer) and
Loughgilly (Reverend Burns) both lost their lives.
People
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Lord William Beresford (William Leslie de la Poer Beresford) (1847-1900), born in Mullabrack, received the
Victoria Cross during the
Anglo-Zulu War.
Sport
The local
GAA club is O'Donovan Rossa's (Cumann Uí Dhonnabháin Rossa), founded in 1903 as the Shamrocks; it disappeared in the 1930s but was reformed under its present name in 1953. The high point in the club's history was its winning the
county Junior championship in 1983.
Armagh GAA website
See also
* List of civil parishes of County Armagh
References
Villages in County Armagh
Townlands of County Armagh
Civil parishes of County Armagh
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