Mountnorris

The townland of Mountnorris was historically called Aghnecranagh and Aghenecranagh ({{etymology|ga|Achadh na Cranncha|field of the wooded place}}).[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14004 Placenames NI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317010549/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14004 |date=17 March 2012 }} In 1600 Lord Mountjoy built an earthwork fort and left a garrison of 400 men under the command of Captain Edward Blaney in Mountnorris. The area took its name by combining the names of Mountjoy and his campaign commander in the Low Countries, Sir John Norris.

By 1620, the village no longer had a garrison and in the 18th century passed into the hands of the Cope family of Loughgall, to become a rural settlement with no military connections. The village was the originally intended site of the Royal School but due to instability at the time in Ulster, the school was resituated to its current site in Armagh and was opened in 1608.

On 31 May 1991, during "The Troubles", the Provisional IRA carried out a large truck bomb attack against the British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at nearby Glenanne. It killed three soldiers and wounded another ten. It is often called the "Glenanne barracks bombing".

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| location = Glenanne (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 6.8

| Feb high C = 7.4

| Mar high C = 9.2

| Apr high C = 11.7

| May high C = 14.7

| Jun high C = 17.2

| Jul high C = 18.6

| Aug high C = 18.2

| Sep high C = 16.1

| Oct high C = 12.6

| Nov high C = 9.2

| Dec high C = 7.1

| year high C = 12.4

| Jan low C = 1.9

| Feb low C = 1.9

| Mar low C = 2.8

| Apr low C = 4.3

| May low C = 6.6

| Jun low C = 9.3

| Jul low C = 11.2

| Aug low C = 11.1

| Sep low C = 9.4

| Oct low C = 6.8

| Nov low C = 4.1

| Dec low C = 2.3

| year low C = 6.0

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 103.6

| Feb rain mm = 82.0

| Mar rain mm = 78.1

| Apr rain mm = 72.9

| May rain mm = 68.0

| Jun rain mm = 69.8

| Jul rain mm = 78.9

| Aug rain mm = 84.7

| Sep rain mm = 77.3

| Oct rain mm = 101.7

| Nov rain mm = 108.0

| Dec rain mm = 107.8

| year rain mm = 1033.4

| unit rain days = 1 mm

| Jan rain days = 16.0

| Feb rain days = 13.9

| Mar rain days = 13.8

| Apr rain days = 12.6

| May rain days = 12.5

| Jun rain days = 12.3

| Jul rain days = 13.9

| Aug rain days = 14.2

| Sep rain days = 12.8

| Oct rain days = 14.9

| Nov rain days = 15.7

| Dec rain days = 15.8

| year rain days = 168.8

| source 1 = Met Office{{cite web

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|title = Glenanne (County Armagh) UK climate averages - Met Office

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|access-date = July 4, 2024}}

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• Andrew Trew Wood (1826–1903), a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian, was born in Mountnorris.
• David James McEwen was born in Mountnorris in 1863, son of the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend William McEwen. David James McEwen was raised at Rosehill in Mountnorris until 1889, when he emigrated to Australia. By 1895 he owned and operated the Pharmacy in Chiltern, Victoria and in 1900 he and his wife Sarah (née McMillen) had a son, John McEwen, who would become the 18th Prime Minister of Australia.
• Billy Wright (1960–1997), the loyalist paramilitary leader, was raised in Mountnorris. He founded the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1996 and was assassinated in 1997 by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

• Mountnorris Primary School
• St. Teresa's Primary School

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• [http://www.visitarmagh.com/ Visit Armagh]

• List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland

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Category:Villages in County Armagh

Category:Townlands of County Armagh