South Armagh

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South Armagh is a predominantly rural region in the south of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, historically known for its borderland landscape and significant role during the Troubles.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic area ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough (partly) ⓘ
borderType land border with the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
borderWith County Louth in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: County Louth

County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: County Monaghan
containsSettlement Belleek, County Armagh ⓘ
Crossmaglen ⓘ
Cullyhanna ⓘ
Forkhill ⓘ
Jonesborough ⓘ
Keady (southern hinterland) ⓘ
Mullaghbawn ⓘ
Newtownhamilton ⓘ
Silverbridge ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossedBy A1 road (nearby corridor between Belfast and Dublin) ⓘ
formerPoliceJurisdiction Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
hasCharacteristic borderland landscape ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
historicalPeriod The Troubles ⓘ
historicalSignificance key area of republican paramilitary operations ⓘ
symbolic area in narratives of the Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
knownFor ambushes on British security forces during the Troubles ⓘ
cross-border smuggling ⓘ
heavily militarised security presence during the Troubles ⓘ
significant Provisional IRA activity during the Troubles ⓘ
languageCommunity English-speaking majority ⓘ
Irish-speaking minority ⓘ
locatedIn County Armagh ⓘ
Ireland–United Kingdom border region ⓘ
linked to: Irish border

Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedNear County Down ⓘ
County Louth ⓘ
County Monaghan ⓘ
majorTownNearby Newry ⓘ
nickname Bandit Country ⓘ
partOf Border counties of Northern Ireland ⓘ
policeJurisdiction Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ
politicalTendency predominantly Irish nationalist ⓘ
religiousDemographics predominantly Catholic ⓘ
securityStatusDuringTroubles one of the most dangerous areas for British Army in Northern Ireland ⓘ
terrain bogland ⓘ
drumlin hills ⓘ
small mountains ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST British Summer Time ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bessbrook–Newry road → locatedNear → South Armagh ⓘ
Whitecross → locatedIn → south County Armagh ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh
Raymond McCreesh → placeOfBirth → South Armagh ⓘ
Raymond McCreesh → activeIn → South Armagh ⓘ
An tIúr → isMarketCentreFor → South Armagh area ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh
Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Ireland → locatedIn → south County Armagh ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh
Newry and Armagh → containsArea → South Armagh ⓘ
Kingsmill → partOf → South Armagh ⓘ
Darkley, County Armagh → hasRegion → South Armagh ⓘ
The Fews → partOf → south Armagh ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh
Lords of the Fews → regionRuled → The Fews region of south Armagh ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh
O'Neills of the Fews → historicalTerritory → The Fews, County Armagh ⓘ
linked to: South Armagh