Armagh

Ar·magh

geographical name \är-ˈmä, ˈär-ˌ\

Definition of ARMAGH

1

traditional county SE Northern Ireland

2

district S Northern Ireland, established 1974 area 260 square miles (676 square kilometers), pop 51,331

3

town cen Armagh district, Northern Ireland pop 14,265

Rhymes with ARMAGH

aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla

Armagh

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

District (pop., 2001: 54,263), Northern Ireland. Formerly part of County Armagh, the district was established in 1973. It lies south of Lough Neagh. The northern part of the district is the island's main fruit-growing region; the southern part, along the Irish border, was a hotbed of sectarian violence through the late 20th century. The district seat is Armagh town. According to tradition, St. Patrick established his principal Irish church here in the 5th century. The area was the leading intellectual centre of the Western world in the 5th–9th centuries. Taken by English Protestant forces in the 16th century, Armagh became a prosperous centre for Protestant clergy and gentry, a circumstance reflected in its many Georgian monuments and buildings.