Armagh

American  

[ahr-mah] / ɑrˈmɑ /

noun

1. a county in S Northern Ireland. 489 sq. mi. (1,267 sq. km). Armagh.

2. an administrative district in this county. 261 sq. mi. (676 sq. km).

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Armagh British  

/ ɑːˈmɑː /

noun

1. a historical county of S Northern Ireland: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Armagh and Craigavon. Area: 1326 sq km (512 sq miles)

2. a district in Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 55 449 (2003 est). Area: 667 sq km (258 sq miles)

3. a town in S Northern Ireland, in Armagh district, Co Armagh: seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops. Pop: 14 590 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Eddie Rushe from Lurgan, County Armagh, fell victim to three separate scams over 18 months.

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Blaithin, 17, and Niamh, 16, from St Catherine's College Armagh, were leading the event, which was organised by the British Council, as UN secretary generals.

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The stripping of a princely title is so rare in British royal-legal history that the last person it happened to was Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh.

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The 68-year-old, originally from County Armagh, says he would support the idea of housing asylum seekers in army camps - as well as allowing them to work, perhaps helping farmers or others in need of labour, to offset the cost of their accommodation.

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Hughes, who is the MP for Newry and Armagh, told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that the policy was being "created in a context of being completely oblivious to the realities of life on this island".

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