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Armagh is a city in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is the smallest of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland lies in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles), and has a populati, the capital of County ArmaghCounty Armagh Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county on the island of Ireland. County Armagh is known by some as the Orchard of Ireland because the land is so fertile. Its main town is Armagh. Armagh is one of the six counties that form the political entity of. In IrishIrish Gaeilge is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. The language is sometimes referred to in English as Gaelic ( SAMPA: /"geIlIk/), Irish Gaelic or Erse but is more generally referred to in Ireland as the Irish language or simply Irish . Use of the te it is known as Ard Mhacha, or Macha's Height.

Armagh is the seat of both Protestant and Roman Catholic ArchbishopIn Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. When a bishop becomes an archbishop, he is not in any sense being ordained nor otherwise receis, both referred to as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All IrelandPrimate of All Ireland is the title held by the Archbishop of Armagh. Both the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland faiths in Ireland have an Archbishop of Armagh who serves as Primate of All Ireland. The Catholic Archbishop of Armagh is Sean Brady, Archb.

1 History

Armagh was founded in 444Events Pope Leo I extinguishes the Gallican vicariate Armagh founded by St. Patrick Dioscorus I becomes Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Births Deaths June 27 Cyril of Alexandria, theologian 444. by St. Patrick, and has been the spiritual capital of Ireland for 1500 years.

The Armagh rail disaster occurred on June 12, 1889 near Armagh.