Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh

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As a teenager, McConville cut through a field to get into St Oliver Plunkett Park, the home ground of Crossmaglen Rangers GAC, to avoid “getting hassle” from soldiers in the town. Pennsylvania State Senate – John J McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us . Retrieved 8 February 2019. Knowledge of Ulster Scots [ edit ] Ability in Ulster Scots of all usual residents aged 3 or over (2021 Census) [5] Ability in Ulster Scots

Ulsterbus provides the most extensive public transport system within the county, including frequent bus transfers daily from most towns to Belfast. Northern Ireland Railways / Iarnród Éireann's Enterprise service provides connections to Dublin in little over an hour and Belfast in little over forty minutes, several times daily. If you walked down through the town you’d be guaranteed your bag would be taken off you by the soldiers — Oisín McConvilleNational identity (person based) - basic detail (classification 1)". NISRA . Retrieved 18 August 2023. Knowledge of Irish [ edit ] Ability in Irish of all usual residents aged 3 or over (2021 Census) [5] Ability in Irish Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl: 10197/1406. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. County Armagh is traversed by two major highways – the M1 linking Belfast to Dungannon crosses the north of the county whilst the A1/N1 from Belfast to Dublin runs in the far south east. Other major roads in the county include the A3 and A29. You go through your life and think, ‘ah that’s not really having any effect on me’ and then I had my own issues obviously,” McConville says.

The county was administered by Armagh County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. [20] Contae Ard Mhacha is the Irish name; Coontie Armagh [3] and Coontie Airmagh [4] are Ulster Scots spellings. Continuity IRA claims PSNI murder". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2009. Navan Fort, now a tree ring mound which once housed the rulers of Ulster with a modern interactive visitor centre Frank Aiken (1898–1983), born in County Armagh, Irish Republican, Irish Minister for External Affairs, Tánaiste

The chief Irish clans of the county were descendants of the Collas, the O'Hanlons and Mac Cana, and the Uí Néill, the O'Neills of Fews. Armagh was divided into several baronies: Armagh was held by the O'Rogans, Lower Fews was held by O'Neill of the Fews, and Upper Fews were under governance of the O'Larkins, who were later displaced by the MacCanns. Oneilland East was the territory of the O'Garveys, who were also displaced by the MacCanns. Oneilland West, like Oneilland East, was once O'Neill territory, until it was then held by the MacCanns, who were Lords of Clanbrassil. Upper and Lower Orior were O'Hanlon territory. Tiranny was ruled by Ronaghan. Miscellaneous tracts of land were ruled by O'Kelaghan. The area around the base of Slieve Gullion near Newry also became home to a large number of the Clan McGuinness as they were dispossessed of hereditary lands held in the County Down.

From its highest point at Slieve Gullion, in the south of the county, Armagh's land falls away from its rugged south with Carrigatuke, Lislea and Camlough mountains, to rolling drumlin country in the middle and west of the county and finally flatlands in the north where rolling flats and small hills reach sea level at Lough Neagh. Alan Mains was posted to the area after patrolling the leafy suburbs of the Lisburn Road in Belfast as a young RUC sergeant in 1986. While there is a police presence – “they would regularly be up at the church with speed guns” – it’s unlike other areas, he says. Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. The Bandit ( Brian Bloom) goes home for a family reunion and along the way, he meets music star Mel Tillis, who is forced to make an emergency landing when his plane malfunctions. The Bandit helps Mel, but soon finds himself in hot water when his cousin Johnny ( Christopher Atkins) gets into the music bootlegging business.

I suddenly got a promotion and was going to work in a helicopter. I thought, ‘will I die here?’ — Alan Mains My team were probably the most vulnerable in that policing world of Northern Ireland, that’s a fact. Before the changes that followed the Belfast Agreement, police only travelled through the area with the support of the British army. Photograph: Stephen Davison On October 12, 2010, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released all four television films on DVD along with the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy as part of Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection. [2] See also [ edit ]

Kennedy has hopes for Armagh line restoration – Portadown Times". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013 . Retrieved 21 August 2013. NI temperature record broken for third time in a week". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021 . Retrieved 22 July 2021.A Bandit impostor ( Gerard Christopher) lands the real Bandit (Bloom) in jail, but he needs to break out so he can deliver a futuristic car safely to Governor Denton ( Gary Collins). There is a possible railway re-opening from Portadown railway station to Armagh railway station in the future. [27] Government Minister for the Department for Regional Development, Danny Kennedy MLA indicates railway restoration plans of the line from Portadown to Armagh. [28] The people here work to improve things for themselves because they accept they’re not going to get anything from anybody else — Úna Walsh The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Armagh GAA organises Gaelic games in the county.