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Mountnorris

Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Mountnorris
irish_name	Achadh na Cranncha
static_image	Main Street, Mountnorris - geograph.org.uk - 1442919.jpg
static_image_caption	Main Street
map_type	Northern Ireland
coordinates
belfast_distance	40 mi
population	155
population_ref	(2011 Census)
irish_grid_reference	H995348
unitary_northern_ireland	Armagh City & District
country	Northern Ireland
post_town	ARMAGH
postcode_area	BT
postcode_district	BT60
dial_code	028, +44 28
constituency_westminster	Newry & Armagh
lieutenancy_northern_ireland	County Armagh

Mountnorris is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village also extends into the townland of Tullyherron. It lies about six miles south of Markethill. It is within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon local government area. It had a population of 155 people (79 households) in the 2011 Census. Ulsterbus offers 1 stop in Mountnorris. (2001 Census: 165 people

History

The townland of Mountnorris was historically called Aghnecranagh and Aghenecranagh (). In 1600 Lord Mountjoy built an earthwork fort and left a garrison of 400 men under the command of Captain Edward Blaney in Mountnorris. The area took its name by combining the names of Mountjoy and his campaign commander in the Low Countries, Sir John Norris.

By 1620, the village no longer had a garrison and in the 18th century passed into the hands of the Cope family of Loughgall, to become a rural settlement with no military connections. The village was the originally intended site of the Royal School but due to instability at the time in Ulster, the school was resituated to its current site in Armagh and was opened in 1608.

On 31 May 1991, during "The Troubles", the Provisional IRA carried out a large truck bomb attack against the British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at nearby Glenanne. It killed three soldiers and wounded another ten. It is often called the "Glenanne barracks bombing".

Climate

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People

Andrew Trew Wood (1826–1903), a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian, was born in Mountnorris.
David James McEwen was born in Mountnorris in 1863, son of the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend William McEwen. David James McEwen was raised at Rosehill in Mountnorris until 1889, when he emigrated to Australia. By 1895 he owned and operated the Pharmacy in Chiltern, Victoria and in 1900 he and his wife Sarah (née McMillen) had a son, John McEwen, who would become the 18th Prime Minister of Australia.
Billy Wright (1960–1997), the loyalist paramilitary leader, was raised in Mountnorris. He was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and founded the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1996 and was assassinated in 1997 by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

Education

Mountnorris Primary School
St. Teresa's Primary School

References

Visit Armagh

References

"Mountnorris". NI Statistics and Research Agency.
link. (17 March 2012)

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