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Killylea
Killylea — village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Killylea is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Address: BT60. Wikidata describes it as: "village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK". Coordinates: 54.3500°, -6.7833°.
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Killylea (; from Irish Coillidh Léith 'grey forest') is a small village and townland in Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland, built in 1832, at its summit. The village lies to the west of County Armagh, and is close to the neighbouring counties of County Tyrone and County Monaghan which is in the Republic of Ireland. It had a population of 253 people in the 2011 census.
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Background
History
In 1858 Killylea railway station opened, situated on the Elm Park Road. It was opened by the Ulster Railway and became part of the Great Northern Railway in 1876, offering people the chance to travel to Belfast and Dublin. Like most rural railways in Northern Ireland, it was not to last and eventually closed in 1957. The station platforms can still be seen today from the railway bridge on the Elm Park Road. In September 1887 events on the platform of Killylea railway station made it into the British House of Commons as Alexander Blane, Nationalist MP for South Armagh asked a question relating to an attack on a train by what he described as an "Orange mob". Edward King-Harman, then…
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- Coordinates
- 54.3500, -6.7833
- Postcode
- BT60
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newry and Armagh
Sources
- wikidata: Q1424634 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Killylea (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Killylea, County Armagh - geograph.org.uk - 607031.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Killylea?
- Killylea is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT60).
- Is Killylea free to visit?
- Yes, Killylea is free to enter.
- How do I get to Killylea?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT60. It sits within the Newry and Armagh parliamentary constituency.