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Meigh (from Irish Máigh/an Mhaigh, meaning 'the plain') [1] is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 444 people in the 2001 Census. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.
The Troubles (1997–1998) Dissident Irish republican campaign (ongoing) The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA ( RIRA ), was a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that aimed to bring about a United Ireland. It was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional IRA by dissident members, who rejected the IRA's ceasefire that ...
Newry. / 54.176; -6.349. Newry ( / ˈnjʊəri /; [4] from Irish An Iúraigh [5]) is a city [6] in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh. It is near the border with the Republic of Ireland, on the main route between Belfast (34 miles/55 km away) and Dublin (67 miles/108 km away).
The leader of Northern Ireland's biggest pro-British political party hopes to receive a "definitive" response from the British government on its concerns over post-Brexit trade within weeks, but ...
County Armagh ( Irish: Contae Ard Mhacha) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders the Northern Irish counties of Tyrone to the west and Down to the east.
The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city status in the United Kingdom ). The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) uses the following definitions: Town – population of 4,500 or more. Small Town – population between 4,500 and 10,000. Medium Town – population between 10,000 and 18,000.
The Irish News is the only independently-owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti- Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister. [4] It merged with the Belfast Morning News in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been The Irish News and Belfast Morning News.
Media of Northern Ireland. The media in Northern Ireland are closely linked to those in the rest of the United Kingdom, and also overlap with print, television, and radio in the Republic of Ireland . Broadcasting in Northern Ireland is a reserved matter and as such it is the responsibility of the United Kingdom 's Department of Culture, Media ...