Markethill (Irish: Cnoc an Mhargaidh)[1] is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 1,647 people in the 2011 census.[2]
A livestock market is held here three times a week and each summer the world's largest Lambeg drumming contest takes place in the village.[citation needed] It is home to Kilcluney Volunteers Flute Band, who host the largest band parade in Europe on the first Friday of each June.[citation needed]
It is by the A28 road around 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Armagh city, and 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Newry.
^ ab"Cnoc an Mhargaidh/Markethill". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
Markethill (Irish: Cnoc an Mhargaidh) is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 1,647 people...
Markethill High School is a secondary school located in Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The school caters for 11- to 16-year-olds and currently...
to 2005. Seamus Mallon was born in the largely Protestant village of Markethill to Jane (née O'Flaherty) and Francis Mallon, and was educated at the Abbey...
American Mechanics The Independent United Order of Mechanics website of Markethill Royal Black District Chapter No 3. County Armagh Company website Worshipful...
with connections to, among others, Armagh City, Culloville, Goraghwood, Markethill, Vernersbridge, Tynan (see History of rail transport in Ireland ) but...
former Ireland rugby union international from Northern Ireland. Born in Markethill, Hooks attended Bangor Grammar School and earned four Irish Schools caps...
of closure the line was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Markethill railway station opened on 25 August 1864, closed for passenger traffic...
Castle is a 19th-century country house situated in Gosford, a townland of Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built for Archibald Acheson,...
adoptive family is of Irish descent, with his grandparents hailing from Markethill, County Armagh. His adoptive father was president of the Owl Rexall Drug...
statue of Sir Walter Scott is located at the corner of Old Coach Road and Markethill Road. The James Hamilton Heritage Park is a park primarily containing...
derived from the farm at 59 Lough Road, Glenanne (three miles south of Markethill, County Armagh) that was used as the gang's main 'base of operations'...
between 1810 and 1820 and was later designed to resemble Gosford Castle in Markethill, also in County Armagh. Plans for castle's restoration were announced...
uncovered in police searches at a number of locations in County Armagh around Markethill, Hamiltonsbawn and in Armagh town. Among the items recovered was a RPG-7...
Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh, who later settled in Markethill, County Armagh[citation needed]. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland[citation...
Acheson's title derives its name from Gosford, a townland (sub-division) of Markethill in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. In 1887, the Main Northern railway...
organisation and if he was released on bail he would regroup remnants of the Markethill-based UVF unit. In June 1980 the UDA shot dead Irish nationalist politician...
Gosford Forest Park is a forest park located outside Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The park, previously Gosford Demesne, was acquired by...
the Armagh – Keady section of the CKA in 1922 and closed the Armagh – Markethill section of the N&A in 1933. The Government of Northern Ireland forced...
(1819–1907) was an Irish New Zealand soldier and diarist. He was born in Markethill, County Armagh, Ireland in 1819, the son of Catherine Jenkins and her...
1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Killeen, Laurelvale, Markethill, Poyntz Pass, Richhill and Tandragee. It was abolished for the 1985 local...
subsequently acquired by Armagh based electrical retailer Dalzell's of Markethill. "No way back for Laser Electrical as the plug is pulled for good", Belfast...
detonated a van bomb outside the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in Markethill, causing widespread damage. The bombing happened a day after Sinn Féin...
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