Ballynagarrick () is a

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situated outside

Craigavon Craigavon ( ) is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be the heart of ...

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. The literal translation of the name means town (land) of the rocks, and indeed in bygone days two quarries were situated on the small townland. 2. Ballynagarrick (Baile na gCarraig) is a small

in the area of Kilclief (Irish: Cill Cleithe - "Church of the Wattles"), a

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in the area of

Lecale Lecale (, ) is a peninsula in the east of County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Strangford Lough and Dundrum Bay. In the Middle Ages it was a district or ''túath'' in the Gaelic Irish kingdom of Ulaid, then became a county in the An ...

, County Armagh. Ballynagarrick is bordered by the townlands of Ballynarry, Ballywooden and Ballyorgan. It largely consists of two major laneways, once part of a larger circuit of laneways across the area which linked into the former British Army barracks at Bishopscourt. Many of these laneways are now abandoned.

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Townlands of County Armagh {{Armagh-geo-stub