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Portadown
Scots: Portadoun
Irish: Port an Dúnáin
Portadown (Northern Ireland)
Portadown

Portadown shown within Northern Ireland
Population 30,000 (est)
Irish grid reference J008537
 - Belfast 22 miles
District Craigavon Borough
County County Armagh
Constituent country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CRAIGAVON
Postcode district BT62, BT63
Dialling code 028
Police Northern Ireland
Fire Northern Ireland
Ambulance Northern Ireland
European Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament Upper Bann
Website: www.portadowntown.com
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Armagh

Coordinates: 54°25′16″N 6°27′30″W / 54.421027, -6.458244

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Portadown has a manufacturing sector that has grown beyond its roots in linen production to include carpet-weaving, baking and engineering. Linen is a Textile made from the Fibers of the Flax plant Linum usitatissimum. These industries all thrive against a backdrop of the traditional rural economy. For decades it has been the home of the Portadown Festival, which brings in thousands of participants in amateur dance, theatre, music and song.

Although the town can trace its origins to at least the 17th century it was not until the Victorian era, and the arrival of the railway that it became a major town. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Portadown is known as "The Hub of the North", the origin of this phrase coming from its central position in Northern Ireland and being a major railway junction in the past, where the Great Northern Railway's line diverged for Belfast, Dublin, Armagh and Derry. The Great Northern Railway (Ireland (GNR(I or GNRI was an Irish railway company formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW Northern Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. The City of Armagh ( is an ancient religious site of worship of both celtic paganism and Christianity and the oldest of the five cities in Northern Ireland,

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History

Portadown was associated with the ancient and powerful local family of McCann who were among the area's earliest settlers. The town was the scene of an infamous massacre during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, when the Catholic insurgents killed around seventy of the Protestant townspeople on the bridge over the River Bann. The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted Coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry but developed into inter communal violence between native The construction of the Newry Canal in 1740 and the later development of the railway lines to Belfast and Dublin, put Portadown at the hub of transport routes in Northern Ireland. The Newry Canal, located in Northern Ireland, was built to link the Tyrone coalfields (via Lough Neagh and the River Bann to the Irish Sea at Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland.

There are many companies that have been a part Portadown's history, one being W. D. Irwin & Sons Ltd Irwin's Bakery. Irwin’s is Northern Ireland ’s largest independent bakery and supplies a wide range of traditional Irish Irwin's was established in 1912 by the grandfather (William David Irwin) of the existing joint managing directors, as a grocery retailer. W. D. Irwin's wife and sister-in-law were talented home-bakers, who began to bake cakes and bakery items for the shop. Soon additional bakers were employed to cope with the increasing trade, expanding the bakery out behind the shop. It moved to larger premises at Carn in 1994. The High Street Mall shopping centre currently stands in the place of the old bakery. Today Irwin's bakery is the largest independent bakery in Northern Ireland. Its bakery products are supplied to supermarket chains such as Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco, and other grocery chains, right down to small corner shops.

Portadown also boasts a large selection of academia. There are many primary and secondary schools in the area, and the town is home to one of the top Grammar Schools in Northern Ireland, Portadown College, which was opened in 1924. Portadown College (often shortened to as 'The College' or 'PC' is a 14 - 19 Grammar School in Portadown County Armagh Northern Ireland

The Troubles

Places of interest

With the establishment of the Millennium Court Arts Centre in 2002, the town has become improved since pre-Troubles times. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

"Country Comes to Town" is the Flagship festival which takes place in the third week in September since 1998. The future of the festival is uncertain due to funding difficulties. [1]

People

Education

Transport

Sport

References

  1. ^ Portadown Times; 18 January 2008 - http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/Groups-join-forces-in-attempt.3685236.jp
  2. ^ Portadown. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-08-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital

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