Ballymore, County Armagh
Ballymore is a civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Orior Lower. Ballymore is also the name of a townland, of 676 acres, within the civil parish.
Towns and villages
The civil parish contains the villages of Acton, Poyntzpass, Clare, and Tandragee.Townlands
Ballymore civil parish contains at least 48 townlands. These include:- Acton
- Aghantaraghan
- Aughlish
- Ballyargan
- Ballymore
- Ballynagreagh
- Ballynaleck
- Ballyreagh
- Ballysheil Beg
- Ballysheil More
- Brannock
- Cargans
- Carrickbrack
- Clare
- Cloghoge:
- Coolyhill
- Corcrum
- Corernagh
- Corlust
- Crew Beg
- Crew More
- Cullentragh
- Demoan
- Derryallen
- Druminargal
- Druminure
- Drumnaglontagh
- Drumnaleg
- Federnagh
- Glasdrumman
- Lisbane
- Lisnagree
- Lisnakea
- Lisraw
- Mavemacullen
- Monclone
- Moodoge
- Mullaghglass
- Mullanary
- Mullantur
- Shaneglish
- Skegatillida
- Tannyoky
- Terryhoogan
- Tullyhugh
- Tullylinn
- Tullymacann
- Tullynacross
Religion
Ballymore & Clare is an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Armagh. The main church of this parish, Ballymore Parish Church, is located in Tandragee. It has historical links to the local landowners, the Dukes of Manchester. The first records of at church at Ballymore date to 1343. This church was severely damaged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. The original church was "pulled down" and rebuilt in 1812.Ballymore & Mullaghbrack is a Catholic parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh. The churches in this parish are at Mullaghbrack, Tandragee, Poyntzpass and Ballyargan.