Ballymore, County Armagh
{{About|the civil parish and townland in County Armagh||Ballymore (disambiguation){{!}}Ballymore}}
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Ballymore ({{Irish derived place name|An Baile Mór|the large town, settlement}}){{cite web|title=Ballymore|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11604|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=13 May 2015}} is a civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Orior Lower.{{cite web|title=Ballymore|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|accessdate=13 May 2015}} Ballymore is also the name of a townland, of 676 acres, within the civil parish.
Towns and villages
The civil parish contains the villages of Acton, Poyntzpass, Clare, and Tandragee.
Townlands
Ballymore civil parish contains at least 48 townlands.{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/ballymore/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Ballymore, Co. Armagh | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url =https://www.logainm.ie/en/2753/sub/BF | website = logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Sub-units of: An Baile Mór/Ballymore (townlands) | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }} These include:
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- Acton ({{langx|ga|An Chora Uachtarach}})
- Aghantaraghan ({{lang|ga|Achadh an Taracháin}}){{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/orior-lower/ballymore/poyntz-pass/aghantaraghan/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Aghantaraghan Townland, Co. Armagh | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }}
- Aughlish ({{lang|ga|Achadh Lis}})
- Ballyargan ({{lang|ga|Baile Argain}} or 'town of plunder'){{cite web|title=Ballyargan, County Armagh |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17849|website=Place Names NI|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191644/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17849 | archivedate = 5 March 2016 }}
- Ballymore ({{lang|ga|Baile Mór}})
- Ballynagreagh ({{lang|ga|Baile na gCreach}})
- Ballynaleck ({{lang|ga|Baile na Leac}} or 'town of the flags/stones'){{cite web|title=Ballynaleck|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=14340|website=Place Names NI|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013615/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=14340 | archivedate = 5 March 2016 }}
- Ballyreagh ({{lang|ga|An Baile Riabhach}})
- Ballysheil Beg ({{lang|ga|Baile Uí Shiail Beag}} or 'Ó Sheil's townland (little)'){{cite web|url = https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/9b31e0501b744154b4584b1dce1f859b/page/Place-Name-Info#data_s=id%3AdataSource_1-PlaceNames_Gazeteer_No_Global_IDs_3734%3A25800 | work = Place Names NI | via = experience.arcgis.com | title = Ballysheil Beg, County Armagh | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }}
- Ballysheil More ({{lang|ga|Baile Uí Shiail Mór}})
- Brannock ({{lang|ga|Bran Cnoc}} or 'raven's hill'){{Cite web|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17852|title = Place Names NI - Entry - Brannock, County Armagh | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507112518/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17852 | archivedate = 7 May 2021 }}
- Cargans ({{lang|ga|Cargáin}})
- Carrickbrack
- Clare
- Cloghoge
- Coolyhill
- Corcrum
- Corernagh
- Corlust
- Crew Beg
- Crew More
- Cullentragh
- Demoan
- Derryallen
- Druminargal
- Druminure
- Drumnaglontagh ({{lang|ga|Dromann na gCluainte}})
- Drumnaleg
- Federnagh ({{lang|ga|An Fheadarnach}} or 'the middle place'){{cite web|title=Federnagh|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17857|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=14 May 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095502/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17857|url-status=dead}}
- Glasdrumman
- Lisbane
- Lisnagree
- Lisnakea
- Lisraw
- Mavemacullen
- Monclone
- Moodoge
- Mullaghglass
- Mullanary
- Mullantur
- Shaneglish
- Skegatillida
- Tannyoky
- Terryhoogan
- Tullyhugh
- Tullylinn ({{lang|ga|Tulaigh linne}} or 'hill of the pond'){{cite web|title=Tullylinn|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17866|website=Place Names NI|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092322/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17866 | archivedate = 18 May 2015}}
- Tullymacann
- Tullynacross
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Religion
File:St Mark's, Ballymore parish church, Tandragee (1) - geograph.org.uk - 3703396.jpg
Ballymore & Clare is an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Armagh.{{cite web|url = https://armagh.anglican.org/Parishes/Ballymore.html| website = armagh.anglican.org | title = Diocese of Armagh - Parishes - Ballymore | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }} The main church of this parish, Ballymore Parish Church, is located in Tandragee. It has historical links to the local landowners, the Dukes of Manchester. The first records of at church at Ballymore date to 1343.{{Cite web |title=History | url=http://www.ballymore.armagh.anglican.org/history.htm |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=ballymore.armagh.anglican.org}} This church was severely damaged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.{{Cite web |title=1641 CLRLE {{!}} Deposition of Elizabeth Rolleston |url=https://1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/41797.html |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=1641dep.abdn.ac.uk}} The original (fire damaged) church was "pulled down" and rebuilt in 1812.
Ballymore & Mullaghbrack is a Catholic parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.{{cite web | url = https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/parishes/parish-details/?parishID=63 | website = armagharchdiocese.org | title = Parish Details - Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack) | accessdate = 13 March 2025 }} The churches in this parish are at Mullaghbrack (St James of Jerusalem), Tandragee (St James the Apostle), Poyntzpass (St Joseph) and Ballyargan (Church of St Patrick).