Armagh

Armagh

English

Etymology

    From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally height of Macha).

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    Armagh

    1. A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).
    2. One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland.
      • 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
        The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.

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