Mountnorris is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about three miles from Markethill. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. County Armagh ( Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish - from the height of Macha) is a county in Ulster in the north east of Ireland Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Markethill is a Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1292 people In the 2001 Census it had a population of 165 people. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 It is situated in the Armagh City and District Council area. The Armagh City and District Council is a local council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland.
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History
In 1600 Lord Mountjoy built an earthwork fort and left a garrison of 400 men under the command of Captain Edward Blaney in Mountnorris. Charles Blount (pr blunt) 1st Earl of Devonshire and 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563 &ndash 3 April 1606) served as Lord Deputy Sir Edward Blaney was Lord Deputy of Ireland under James I After Lord Mountjoy occupied Moyry Pass in 1600 dismantling the Irish earthworks The area took its name by combining the names of Mountjoy and his campaign commander in the Low Countries, Sir John Norris. The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt
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 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Loughgall (in Irish Loch Gall) is a small Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 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. The Royal School Armagh is a co-educational voluntary Grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The Troubles
For more information see the Troubles in Mountnorris, which includes a list of incidents in Mountnorris during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles in Mountnorris recounts incidents during and the effects of The Troubles in Mountnorris, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
People
- Sir Francis Annesley, 1st Baronet, of Newport Pagnell, a member of an influential Anglo-Irish family which descended from Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire, was a favourite of James I who granted him land in Ireland, notably the fort of Mountnorris in County Armagh. Newport Pagnell is a Town in the Borough of Milton Keynes (ceremonial Buckinghamshire) England. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world He was knighted in 1616, created a Baronet, of Newport Pagnell in the County of Buckinghamshire, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1620 and Baron Mountnorris in 1628. Baronetage of England (1611-1705 King James I erected the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611 for the settlement of Ireland In 1642, on the death of his kinsman Henry Power, he became Viscount Valentia. Viscount Valentia is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It has been created twice
- Andrew Trew Wood (1826-1903) was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian was born in Mountnorris. Andrew Trew Wood ( 26 August, 1826 &ndash 21 January, 1903) was a Canadian Businessman and parliamentarian For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
- Sir John Hall Magowan, British Ambassador to Venezuela 1948-1951
- Billy Wright, the well-known loyalist and founder of the LVF was raised in Mountnorris. Billy Wright (July 7 1960 &ndash December 27 1997 was a Northern Irish loyalist Paramilitary figure He was eventually shot dead in prison, where he was being held on a non-paramilitary offence, by members of the Irish National Liberation Army with suspected British Government collusion. The Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA; Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann in Irish is an Irish Republican, Left-wing paramilitary organisation
Education
- Mountnorris Primary School
- St. Teresa's Primary School
References
See also
St Teresa's Primary School is a primary school located south of the small village of Mountnorris, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. This is a list page for Villages in Northern Ireland. The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA defines a town as having a population of 4500 or more This is a list page for Towns in Northern Ireland. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charterDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic