Middletown, County Armagh

Middletown
Scots: Middletoun[1] or Mïddletoon[2]
Irish: Coillidh Chanannáin
Middletown
 Middletown shown within Northern Ireland
Population 237 (2011 Census)
Irish grid referenceH753388
   – Belfast  50 miles 
DistrictArmagh
CountyCounty Armagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ARMAGH
Postcode district BT60
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentNewry & Armagh
NI AssemblyNewry & Armagh
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Coordinates: 54°17′34″N 6°50′38″W / 54.29274°N 6.84388°W / 54.29274; -6.84388

Middletown is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies two miles from Tynan and close to the border with County Monaghan. It is situated in the Armagh City and District Council area. It had a population of 237 people (91 households) in the 2011 Census.[3] (2001 Census: 240 people)

Geography

Middletown was built in the townland of Middletown, which was known throughout the 17th century under variants of the name Killecannagan (from Irish Coillidh Chanannáin, meaning "Canannán's wood").[4] It is known for its picturesque countryside and its rolling green hills. The hills are made up of numerous drumlins which make up the countryside. At the bottom of the valleys that many of these drumlins form, glens can be found with many tributaries of the River Blackwater flowing through them. The River Cor flows through Middletown countryside and right by the village. It is the most prominent river in Middletown; once a canal system operated on it, namely the Ulster Canal.

Education

Children from Middletown formerly went to three different primary schools: St John's Boys' School, St Louis Convent School for girls, and Glasdrummond Primary School (boys and girls). Due to low numbers in the mid-1990s, a new school was built on the site of St John's Boys' School and was opened in June 1999, whereupon all three primary schools were amalgamated.

Notable people

Eamon Donnelly, director of elections for Sinn Féin[5] and a founding member of Fianna Fáil, was born in Middletown, County Armagh.

Sport

Middletown has a long history of Gaelic games and the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Middletown GAA, plays hurling as Na Fianna, football as Eoghan Ruadh, and camogie as St John's. Middletown was the birthplace of Irish-American boxer Joe Coburn, who claimed the World Heavyweight Championship in 1862.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 annual report in Ulster-Scots" (PDF). Northsouthministerialcouncil.org. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ "2006 annual report in Ulster-Scots" (PDF). Northsouthministerialcouncil.org. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Middletown". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Eamon Donnelly Remembered". Newryjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

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