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. Its lies in the center of the county, with an enclave lying just to the south-east. The main portion is bordered by four other baronies:

Armagh Armagh ( ; , , " Macha's height") is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Primates of All ...

to the west;

Oneilland West Oneilland West (, the name of an ancient Gaelic district) is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is also called Clancann (''Clann Chana''), after the Mac Cana clan. It lies in the north of the county on the south-western shore of L ...

to the north;

Orior Lower Orior Lower (from , the name of an ancient Gaelic territory) is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies in the east of the county and borders County Down with its eastern boundary. It is bordered by seven other baronies: Fews Upper ...

to the east; and Fews Upper to the south. Fews Upper and Orior Lower also border the enclave to its north and west, with

Orior Upper Orior Upper (from , the name of an ancient Gaelic territory) is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the county and borders the Republic of Ireland with its southern boundary. It is bordered by five other bar ...

to its south-west. The Fews Mountains run through both Fews Lower and Upper, the highest peak of which in Fews Lower is, Deadman's Hill, which stands at 1,178 ft. Fews Lower and Upper formed the barony of

The Fews The Fews ()''A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. Oxford Reference. is a former Irish barony in County Armagh, modern-day Northern Ireland, based on the territory of the O'Neills of the Fews. It was at a later period divided into the baronies of ...

until it was sub-divided.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Fews Lower:

Towns

Markethill Markethill 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 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is availabl ...

Villages and population centres

* Cladymore *Glenanne *

Hamiltonsbawn Hamiltonsbawn or Hamilton's Bawn is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, five miles (8 km) east of Armagh. It lies within the civil parish of Mullabrack and the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council area. It had a popu ...

Loughgilly Loughgilly ( ; or ''Loch Goilí'') is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the main Armagh to Newry road, about halfway between the two. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. I ...

(also part in the baronies of Orior Lower and Upper) *Mowhan

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Fews Lower: *Kilclooney (split with barony Orior Lower) *Kildarton (split with Oneilland West) *Lisnadill (split with the baronies of Armagh and Fews Upper) *Loughgilly (split with barony of Orior Lower and Orior Upper, it also contains the enclave) *

Mullaghbrack Mullaghbrack, Mullabrack or Mullaghbrac () is a small Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish, townland and village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village of Mullaghbrack is on the road between Markethill and Hamiltonsbawn, just north ...

(split with barony of Oneilland West)

References

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