Ballymoyer or Ballymyre () is a
civil parish
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in the historic
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of
Fews Upper,
County Armagh
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,
Northern Ireland
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,
3 miles north-east of
Newtownhamilton
Newtownhamilton is a small village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies predominantly within Tullyvallan townland. The civil parish is within the historic barony of Fews Upper. In the 2011 Census it had 2,836 inhabit ...
.
Places of interest
*
Ballymoyer House and estate, once the seat of
Sir Walter Synnot (1742-1821), is a
National Trust
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The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the ...
property open to the public.
*Ballymoyer Woodland, an area of mixed woodland open to the public.
*The walls of the original church of St Luke's were erected in the reign of Charles I but remained unroofed, due to the murder of the appointed clergyman, until 1775, when Archbishop Robinson commissioned it to be finished. The present church was then built in 1822 with the help of a donation of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits. The nearby glebe-house was built in 1825 with a loan from the Board.
Education
The local primary school is St Malachy's and it is situated beside St Malachy's chapel.
Civil parish of Ballymyre
The civil parish contains the village of
Whitecross.
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Townlands
The civil parish contains the following townlands:[
* Aghincurk
* Ballinatate
*]Ballintemple
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* Cavanakill
* Corlat
* Knockavannon
* Lurgana
* Outleckan
See also
*List of civil parishes of County Armagh
In Ireland, the counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of parishes in County Armagh.
See also
* List of townlands in County Armagh
References
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* Florence MacMoyer
References
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