Jerrettspass () is a small

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, beside the River Blackwater, that forms the border with

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. It is situated in the

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of Kilmonaghan, in the

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of Killevy and the historic barony of

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, approximately 4 miles north of the city of

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. It lies within the

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History

The English name of the village, Jerrettspass, is reputedly a corruption of a former name, "Gerald" or "Gerrard's Pass". There is a 1730s lock at Jerrettspass along a canal that was made at the same time, although was replaced by a railway in the 1850s. The canal, known as the

Newry Canal The Newry Canal, located in Northern Ireland, was built to link the Tyrone coalfields (via Lough Neagh and the River Bann) to the Irish Sea at Carlingford Lough near Newry. It was the first summit level canal to be built in Ireland or Great Br ...

, closed in the 1930s. The nearby rail bridge, towpath accommodation bridge and canal bridge are subject to protection as

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s. The

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church at Jerrettspass was founded in 1801 and, in 1902, was joined with the nearby Drumbanagher church to form the First Drumbanagher and Jerrettspass Presbyterian Church. It was subsequently united in a joint pastorage with Kingsmill Presbyterian Church. As of the early 20th century, the village of Jerrettspass had a

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, two shops, a public house, blacksmith's forge, a school and church. The post office, which had been in operation for approximately 150 years, closed in 2009. In May 2021, the

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discovered 11 firearms in Jerrettspass as part of an investigation into organised crime. It was described as "most significant firearms find in NI in a decade".

Demography

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does not publish discrete

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data for Jerrettspass.

References

Villages in County Armagh {{Armagh-geo-stub

History

Demography

See also

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