St Columba's Parish on the Loughhall Road, and Knocknamuckley Church of Ireland (St. Matthias) on the Bleary Road are also extant parishes. 15 December 1976: An RUC officer, Norman Campbell (19), was shot dead by the IRA while manning a security barrier on High Street. [80], The state-run Thomas Street Primary School, and Church Street Primary School, formerly the "Duke's School", were both incorporated into Millington Primary School 1970. The next day the UVF killed a Catholic civilian, James McCann (20), in a drive-by shooting on Obins Street. Each year, a group of teenagers are chosen to travel to the United States, where they stay with an American family for a few weeks.[34]. The camp housed (mostly) German POWs. 23 Birchwood Manor, Portadown Asking price: 259,950 ENTRANCE HALL: Panel glazed front door Fully tiled floor Radiator Power points Downstairs WC LOUNGE: 20'3" x 13'4" Fireplace with gas fire Laminate floor Double panel radiator Power points FAMILY ROOM: 11'7" x 10'6" Laminate floor Double panel radiator Power . Johnny Adair was the leader of C Company UFF, part of the West Belfast Brigade. Craigavon, new town (built after 1966), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district, Northern Ireland, lying southwest of Belfast. Repair yards were opened in 1925[58] and these large concrete buildings dominated the skyline on the west of the town centre. Take the first slip road towards Seagoe / Carn. The blast badly damaged the pub and neighbouring houses, injuring at least six people. 3 seed Garaway (21-4) -- a 68-45 winner Tuesday vs. Harrison Central in Friday's 7 p.m. district championship game at New Philadelphia. Dungannon Road/ Garvaghy Road, Portadown, Armagh. Ulster Carpets Ltd was established in the town in 1938 and was the major employer producing woolen. [7] On the eastern banks of the River Bann was the district of Clanbrasil (Clann Bhreasail). It has mild temperatures throughout the year, with summer temperatures not reaching levels to be deemed very hot and winter not very cold. [23] Loyalists killed 25 people: eighteen Catholic civilians, three Protestant civilians, two members of the security forces, a republican paramilitary and a loyalist paramilitary. He had been beaten, strangled and then shot by UVF members after taking a lift from Lurgan to Portadown, together with a friend who managed to escape. Proceed along Seagoe Road journeying through two sets of traffic lights. [50], There are Baptist meeting halls on Thomas Street and Killicomaine Road; an Elim church on Clonavon Avenue; a Quaker meeting hall on Portmore Street; a large Free Presbyterian congregation meets in Levaghery. Portadown sits in a relatively flat part of Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh. Detailed street map and route planner provided by Google. 18 December 1976: A Protestant civilian, James Liggett (67), was shot by the INLA at the Tavern Bar in Edenderry and died on 29 December. Edgarstown: a small Protestant enclave of Georgian terraced houses to the west of the town centre, scene of much rioting. Councillors are elected to the council every four years by proportional representation.[45]. An archaeological dig in the area of the old riverbed uncovered the bones of some of those drowned in the 1641 massacre. Trains run every 30 min from Bangor via Belfast (several stations), Lisburn and Lurgan to Portadown, taking an hour from Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of about 22,000 at the 2011 Census. It was he who set up a linen market in Portadown in 1762 and this laid the foundations of Portadown's major industry. The easiest way to avoid problems is to be unobtrusive. A combination of road, canal and rail links, all converging on Portadown railway station, gave it the nickname "Hub of the North" and this created employment through mass industry as well as helping the traditional agronomy of the area. [68], Ardress House is a 17th-century farmhouse that was remodelled in Georgian times and is today owned by the National Trust. John Morrill. Garvaghy Road: an area of new, mixed housing, running northwest of the town centre, built mainly on the site of the former "McGredy's Roses" growing area. A Catholic enclave of terraced Georgian housing, much of which was demolished during "slum" clearances. He had been tied up and beaten to death by members of the UDA. Instead, it is combined with Craigavon, Lurgan and Bleary to form the "Craigavon Urban Area". He was the brother of Unionist politician. Civil engineering projects such as new roads and housing eventually covered this area but in the interim it became a venue for civil disturbance between the rival factions of the two areas, who would clash on the site. Bookmark. The southern part of the County has been a stronghold of support for the IRA, earning it the nickname "Bandit Country". This also takes in the earlier "Churchill Park" estate built by Portadown Borough Council prior to the formation of the "Northern Ireland Housing Executive". Portadown is a predominantly Protestant town and ancestral home of the Orange Order. Nationalism and Rationality. A pipe bomb also exploded at another Catholic home nearby. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In addition the Jehovah's Witnesses have a Kingdom Hall, on the town outskirts in Kernan. In the 1780s, the north of County Armagh was mostly Protestant and the south was mostly Catholic. Status; Roman Catholic : Drumcree: Jan 1 1844 - June 30 1864 June 17 1864 - Dec 31 1880: Feb 9 1844 - Nov 23 1863 some try to claim they are clubs for all, but show up in a hoops top and you . He was a member of the. 25 April 1975: Samuel Johnston (33), was shot dead on Bachelor's Walk. It runs M-F hourly and Sa every couple of hours. [23] Irish republicans killed 18 people: nine members of the security forces, one loyalist paramilitary, seven Protestant civilians and one Catholic civilian. But in fact Catholics make up almost a quarter of the population. Following sectarian intimidation between both communities[clarification needed] in various estates in the town, the Garvaghy Road estates became almost 100% Catholic. [103], Between 2001 and 2005, Portadown resident Newton Emerson ran a controversial satirical online newspaper called the Portadown News. Brownstown: initially a mixed estate, built postwar, slightly west of the town centre on the site of a former prisoner of war Camp, which became predominantly Protestant through polarisation. St. John's RC Church, Lylo. [4] About 4,000 Protestant settlers were killed in Ulster in the early months of the rebellion. What does County Down mean in Irish? Church of St. John The Baptist Link to the local web site Get Directions 028 3833 7323 Search by Map Mass Times; Sat 11 Feb : 07:00 PM Sun 12 Feb : 08:30 AM 11:30 AM Mon 13 Feb : 10:00 AM Tue 14 Feb : 07:00 PM Wed 15 Feb : 07:00 PM Thu 16 Feb : 07:00 PM Many of those involved in the rebellion had lost their ancestral lands over the past thirty years in the plantation of Ulster. [23] In 1993 and 1998, the town centre was devastated by two large car bombs planted by republicans. [14], The Blacker family, descended from Danes who entered Ireland in the 9th century, founded an estate at Carrick, on the PortadownGilford road. 27-28 July 1979: A former RUC officer and Orangeman, James Wright (48), was killed by an INLA booby-trap bomb attached to his car at his home on Corcrain Drive. [73][74], Portadown has (or had) a large selection of academic institutions, past and present. Sort by: relevance - date. [16] Many of the Blacker family were soldiers or churchmen. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/csc/reports/rituals4.htm, "100,000 Ulster Protestants assail Britain on takeover", Chapter 8: Movements outside Belfast, Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission, 1974, Part 3: Portadown and its Orange Tradition, An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland, "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events", Chronology of the Conflict: February 1998, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=The_Troubles_in_Portadown&oldid=1523159, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [35], There are three bridges across the river at Portadown. The story of this bridge is unusual in that it was built without a river running underneath it. Some housing estates were built but the project flopped as investment and employment drained from the area, perhaps a blessing in disguise as the design was based on ugly Cumbernauld in Scotland. Sold: $550,000. This became known as the "Portadown massacre" and was one of the worst atrocities of the rebellion. BT62 4EA. The others related what they had heard about it, including possibly from some of the rebels themselves. [53] A new Saint John's church was built close to where the original stood; it sits where the Garvaghy Road meets the Dungannon Road and was completed in 1977.[54]. Other loyalist organisations were strongly represented in the town during the Troubles such as: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). The goal is to foster goodwill and friendship between them. 5 September 1998: A Catholic RUC officer, Francis O'Reilly (30), was wounded by a blast bomb thrown by loyalist rioters on Charles Street. They wanted to force King Charles I to negotiate an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantations of Ireland. Listed: $ 545,000 Estimated value: $845,928 - As of 2023-02. Its eastern parts are called Craigavon for the new town that was only partially built there. English: Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, William Street, Portadown, County Armagh. [7] In 1611, he sold his grant of land to Reverend Richard Rolleston, who in turn sold it in two portions to Richard Cope and Michael Obins. The Irish Confederate troops abandoned Obins Castle during the Cromwellian conquest, and Hamlet Obins (who had survived its capture) repossessed it in 1652. This boundary is the River Bann. Sold in Sep 2019. An. In Investing in lives: The history of the youth service in Northern Ireland (1973-2017)", "Building bridges? 27 October 1974: A Catholic civilian, Anthony Duffy (18), was found shot dead in a farmyard off Mullantine Road. [2] Irish historian Nicholas Canny suggests that the violence escalated after a failed rebel assault on Lisnagarvey in November 1641, after which the settlers killed several hundred captured rebels. Temple used the massacres at Portadown and elsewhere to lobby for the military re-conquest of Ireland and the segregation of Irish Catholics from British Protestants. Primary schools managed by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools are Presentation Convent Primary School,[89] St John the Baptist Primary School (Irish: Bunscoil Eoin Baiste),[90] which has both English-medium and Irish-medium units within it,[91] and St. John's Primary School. The Salvation Army have a hall in Edward Street. Craigavon, new town (built after 1966), Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district, Northern Ireland, lying southwest of Belfast. Ulsterbus 46 / 47 shuttles between Portadown, Craigavon and Lurgan every 15 min. Errol McCrory Collection. [citation needed] A separate splinter group was later formed out of the Mid-Ulster UVF, the leader of which was Billy Wright (known by the press as "King Rat"), who was resident in the Rectory Park Estate prior to his period of imprisonment at HMP Maze during which he was assassinated. Portadown is a predominantly Protestant town and ancestral home of the Orange Order. The archdiocese said that shows the women are "not in communion . The Irish rebellion had broken out in Ulster on 23 October 1641. Route 94 circles Lough Neagh. William Stephen Wright (7 July 1960 - 27 December 1997) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader during the Troubles. This article recounts the violence and other effects related to The Troubles in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The housekeeper was badly wounded when struck in the chest by shrapnel. This was likely a fort of the McCanns. DESCRIPTION. cliftonville in the premiere league- catholic. A second Catholic church, Saint Patrick's, was built on William Street in 1835. Hugh MacConville, P.P. The town is the site of an annual parade in July by an ex-serviceman's lodge of the Orange Order, from St Mark's Church in the town centre, where participants lay wreaths at the war memorial. There are two small wetland areas on the outskirts of the town; one at Selshion in the west and another at Annagh in the south. Click on the areas below to see information about local Catholic Parishes, Catholic Schools, organisations and chaplaincies. For some purposes, Portadown is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area", alongside Craigavon and Lurgan. Over the following winter, they systematically smashed up Catholic houses and linen looms and drove them out of the county. Mulholland, P. (1999), "Drumcree: a Struggle for Recognition", The Troubles magazine, issue 19, pp. Canadian Journal of History. Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1881, Ulster & Belfast Sections, Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 09:52, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "North-South Ministerial Council: 2005 Annual Report in Ulster Scots", "History of Moira Station NI Department of the Environment", "1692 Carrickblacker House, Portadown, Co. Armagh", "Brownstown Prisoner of War Camp, Portadown, Co. Armagh", "Fond memories of the beginning of Killicomaine", "German Prisoners of War in Northern Ireland", "Battle on to preserve air raid shelter imported", An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People Portadown, "Parade fervour turns country lane into war zone", "Parkmount Arch sparks stand-off over flags", "Portadown violence three arrested in overnight riots", "Anger as arch on Garvaghy Road is painted", "The Development and Delivery of Community Relations Through Youth Work. 30 March 1979: A Catholic civilian, Martin McConville (25), was kidnapped and beaten-to-death by loyalists in Portadown. It was conceived as a linear city that would link the towns of Lurgan and Portadown to create a single urban area and identity. For a week protesters in the. 5 June 1999: A Protestant civilian, Elizabeth O'Neill (59), was killed in an LVF pipe bomb attack on her home at Corcrain Drive. 29 March 1992: A Catholic civilian, Terence McConville (43), was shot dead by the UVF at his home on Bann Street. In the interim fresh housing stock built on the former McGredy's Rose fields on the Garvaghy Road was occupied by a cross-section of families from both persuasions but slum clearance in Obins Street meant that many of the Catholic residents were relocated to the new housing. One local flashpoint was the Drumcree conflict, about the rights of Orange Order parades to bang their drums along a particular route, as they had since 1807 when those districts were farmland and the cows didn't mind, and to continue doing so although (and perhaps especially because) these were now housing estates with a mostly Catholic population. Tesco here is open M-Sa 06:00-00:00, Su 13:00-18:00. 10 October 1980: An off-duty UDR soldier, James Hewitt (48), was killed by an IRA booby-trap bomb attached to his car on Tandragee Road, Portadown. It doesn't have fuel. Portadown is a predominantly Protestant town and ancestral home of the Orange Order. [11] Though a supporter of British rule in Ireland, 19th century historian William Lecky wrote "it is far from clear on which side the balance of cruelty rests". Use this map type to plan a road trip and to get driving directions in Portadown. The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. This is a reference point only. [44], Portadown came under the governance of Portadown Borough Council following the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. 13 December 1988: A Protestant, John Corry (31), was shot dead by the IRA at his garage on Foundry Street. Other loyalist organisations were strongly represented in the town during the Troubles such as: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). This contrasts with the national average of just over 18%. The property compris. Two of their sons were members of the. [46], In 1826, Saint Martin's Church of Ireland was built, and later renamed Saint Mark's. [36], Like the rest of Ireland, the Portadown area has long been divided into townlands, whose names mostly come from the Irish language. The former closed in the 1950s and the latter remained the main centre of police operations throughout the Troubles but is now reduced to part-time as the police presence has been transferred to the Mahon Road complex. This collection includes Catholic baptismal registers from 73 parishes in Ireland, with dates ranging from 1763 to 1912 (noninclusive; coverage will vary by parish). It had been planted by the IRA and exploded after a telephoned warning. Three days later, rioting broke out when police prevented. Catholic-owned businesses were attacked and looted, and the Tunnel district was said to be "under siege". [22], During the Troubles, there were numerous shootings, bombings and riots in Portadown. Becoming mainly Catholic in the early to mid-1970s, the Protestants who were domiciled there were largely intimidated out and relocated to housing vacated by Catholic families in Protestant estates such as Killcomaine, where intimidation forced Catholics out. The family estate was purchased in 1937 by Portadown Golf Club,[17] who demolished Carrickblacker House in 1988 to make way for a new clubhouse. Residents called for the street to be sealed off to prevent further attacks. This mansion was in the area of the present-day Woodside estate,[13] and today's People's Park was part of its grounds. Blood On The Harp. 16 April 1974: A UVF member, Joseph Neil (25), died when a bomb he was handling prematurely exploded in a house on Union Street. The settlers were being marched east from a prison camp at Loughgall. Afterwards the Peep o' Day Boys headed to a nearby pub and founded the "Orange Order" to unite all Protestant factions. A 1,000lb (450 kg) car bomb devastated Portadown town centre. She was married to a Catholic and lived in a mainly Protestant area. The Craigavon Area Hospital was built to replace small hospitals in the two towns. The bomb was intended for the security forces. https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Portadown&oldid=4556335, Listing with Wikipedia link but not Wikidata link, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This was dubbed "Fort Mahon" by the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) but was officially known as the Mahon Road Barracks. The website, which was updated biweekly, attracted media attention by poking fun at Northern Ireland politics and culture.[104]. Owned Outright Owned with Mortgage Rented: From Council Rented: Other Social Rented: Private Landlord Rented: Other Rent Free This exhibition reveals the bright ambitions of the project and how its origins were part of Prime Minister Terence ONeills vision of a modern Northern Ireland in the 1960s, where town planning concepts included recreation zones, mixed housing, cycle paths and roundabouts.. [18], After the massacre, stories spread of ghosts appearing in the river at Portadown, screeching and crying out for revenge. Portadown (from Irish Port an Dnin 'landing place of the little fort') is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about 24 mi (39 km) southwest of Belfast.It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of about 22,000 at the 2011 Census.For some purposes, Portadown is treated as part . 19 November 1992: An off-duty British soldier, Ian Warnock (27), was shot dead by the IRA while sitting in his car outside the Moypark factory near Portadown. July 1985: On 7 July, hundreds of Catholic residents held a sit-down protest on Obins Street to prevent Orangemen marching through the area. What is the population of Portadown Northern Ireland? Road map. Portadown is located in an area known during . Malvern won at Garaway 61-58 in . The few Catholics who did live here were intimidated from their homes during the worst of the Troubles. Which direction do I watch the Perseid meteor shower? Is Larne Catholic or Protestant? Summer temperatures can reach more than 20C (68F) though it is rare for them to go higher than 30C (86F). Portadown sits in a relatively flat part of Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh. He was questioned and made a statement in May 1653, saying he had not authorised nor seen the massacre, but had only heard of it. However, after local government reform the town is now part of one of Northern Ireland's largest councils, the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. National Cycleway 9 runs mostly on-road from Belfast to Lisburn, Craigavon and Portadown then off-road to Scarva and Newry. There are six M-F and four Sat. For census purposes, Portadown is not treated as a separate entity by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). and Seagoe F.C. Massacres were committed by Oliver Cromwell's army during this conquest, and it resulted in the confiscation of most Catholic-owned land and mass deportations. 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