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Mullaghbawn

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Population
  
596 (2011)

County
  
County Armagh

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:12 AM

Dialling code
  
28

UK parliament constituency
  
Newry and Armagh

Irish grid reference
  
H995191

Country
  
Northern Ireland

Post town
  
NEWRY

Province
  
Ulster

Ni assembly
  
Newry and Armagh

Mullaghbawn

Weather
  
4°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 83% Humidity

District
  
Newry and Mourne District Council

Mullaghbawn (/mʌləˈbɔːn/ mul-ə-BAWN or /mʌləˈbɑːn/ mul-ə-BAHN; from Irish: an Mullach Bán, meaning "the white hilltop"), or Mullaghbane, is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 596.

Contents

Map of Mullaghbawn, Newry, UK

Places of interest

  • Near Mullaghbawn, in Killeavy there is a ruined church with the grave of Saint Moninne (a local saint) in its churchyard.
  • Ballykeel Dolmen is near Mullaghbawn at the western foot of Slieve Gullion. It is an outstanding example of a portal tomb. It is made up of two portal stones with a sill between and a lower backstone supporting a huge capstone.
  • Cashel Lake, a group of lakes on the outskirts of Mullaghbawn.
  • The South Armagh Memorial Garden in Mullaghbawn, created in 2010, commemorates 24 Provisional IRA volunteers who died during the Troubles.

    • Culture and sport

    Mullaghbawn Folk Museum is a traditional two-roomed thatched farm house and outbuildings, restored by the Mullaghbawn Historical Group during the 1970s and filled with artefacts depicting the lifestyles of the people of the Ring of Gullion in the last century.

    Tí Chulainn is a cultural heritage centre, with accommodation and function rooms, set at the bottom of Slieve Gullion.

    The local GAA club is Mullaghbawn Cúchullain's GFC (Cumann Chú Chullain, An Mullach Bán).

    People

  • Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) activist and nationalist politician Paddy O'Hanlon (1944-2009) lived most of his life in Mullaghbawn.
  • Irish traditional singer and song collector Len Graham, and his wife Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, also a singer, live in the village.

    • Neighbouring townlands

  • Tullymacrieve
  • Lislea
  • Carrive
  • Aughanduff
  • Lathbirget
  • Carrickaldreen
  • Shanroe
  • Tí Chulainn Cultural, Events and Accommodation centre
  • NI Neighbourhood Information System
  • Mullaghbawn Folk Museum
  • Ballykeel Dolmen

    • 54°06′N 6°29′W

    References

    Mullaghbawn Wikipedia
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