Fews Upper () is a

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. It lies in the south of the county bordering the

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with its southern and south-western borders. It is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland:

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; Fews Lower to the north and west;

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 north-west; and

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 the east. It also borders three baronies in the Republic of Ireland: Cremorne to the west; Dundalk Upper to the south; and Farney to the south-west. 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.

Geographical features

The Fews Mountains run through both Fews Lower and Upper, with the range's highest peak, Carrigatuke (also known as Armaghbrague Mountain), standing at 1,200 ft., located in Fews Lower. The County Water and Clarbane River both flow through Fews Upper. The Ballynacarry Bridge crosses the River Fane which is on the border between County Armagh and County Monaghan.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Fews Upper:

Towns

Crossmaglen Crossmaglen (, ) is a village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,610 in the 2011 Census and is the largest village in South Armagh. The village centre is the site of a large Police Service of Northern Ir ...

Villages and population centres

*Ballsmill *

Cullyhanna Cullyhanna () is a small village and townland close to Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village extends further over the townlands of Tullynavall and Freeduff. It had a population of 306 in the 2001 Census. It is within the Newry an ...

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 ...

*Silverbridge * Whitecross

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Fews Upper:
- *

Ballymyre Ballymoyer or Ballymyre () is a civil parish in the historic barony of Fews Upper, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 3 miles north-east of Newtownhamilton. Places of interest * Ballymoyer House and estate, once the seat of Sir Walter Synnot (174 ...

*Creggan *Lisnadill (split with the barony of Armagh and Fews Lower) *Newtownhamilton

References

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