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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Armagh

North-West from Slieve Gullion looking NW into Armagh by Ross
Slieve Gullion looking North-West into Armagh, © 2007, Ross
COUNTY ARMAGH

Irish Name: Ard Mhacha
Nickname: The Orchard County
Motto: In Concilio Consilium (In Council is Wisdom)
County Town: Armagh
Province: Ulster
Region: Northern Ireland

Tartan: The County Armagh tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in shades of green with red and butter yellow accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Armagh Tartan

County Armagh Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Campbell, Donnelly, Hughes, Johnston, Kelly, MacCann, Murphy, O'Hare, Quinn, Smith, Thompson, Watson, Wilson

(Irish Emigrants):
Blackburn, Calvert, Crozier, Garvey, Gibson, Gillon, Graham, Hughes, Irwin, McCann, McConnell, Quinn

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References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Armagh tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd. (Featured) North-West from Slieve Gullion looking NW into Armagh, 2007, Ross, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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County Armagh location map
Location of County Armagh.
Read about County Armagh at Wikipedia.

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