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Lurgan and Portadown are industrial towns that owe their importance largely to the linen industry, which is now in decline. Keady, Markethill, Newtownhamilton, and Crossmaglen are small market towns with some light industry. Richhill and Loughgall are market Centre's for apples and strawberries. Armagh, the former county town, is now the administrative seat of the district. It manufactures textiles, chemicals, optical equipment, and processed foods. In the mid 70's an experiment was embarked upon to build a new city Craigavon based on the towns of Lurgan and Portadown. Thousands of acres were compulsorily purchased. New road systems and housing estates were built and cash incentive schemes were introduced to encourage people to settle in the area, this was only partly successful as a lot of people came collected their cash and left and in many cases leaving the new houses devoid of their plumbing and fittings. The Goodyear tire and rubber company built a large factory which was in operation for several years It is said that when its incentive schemes expired they too found it more expedient to move on. Read about County Armagh from Lewis' Topographical Survey of Ireland 1837. Armagh got its name which means (Macha's Height) after Queen Macha, a legendary warrior queen with golden hair said to have reigned from 658 BC until her death seven years later. Her palace was a few miles to to the west at Navan Fort which is also called Eamhain Macha. In the 5th century St Patrick built the first of his two churches in Armagh at a place he called 'my sweet hill' It grew to be the ecclesiastical Capital of Ireland The orchard county of Ireland, apples
were once a very large industry, there still are extensive
orchards, but their financial contribution to the economy
is not as great as it once was. Many of the 17th-century settlers
here came from Worcestershire and laid out the orchards on
the same pattern as those in the Vale of Evesham. You will find images of County Armagh on this page. Read about Loughnashade near Navan Fort, said to contain royal jewels guarded by a Chinese dragon. |
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