homes historical armagh

A the north east corner, the Sovereign's House contains the museum of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. It was built in 1810 of stone left over from the courthouse. On the west side, and extravagant small church with a campanile is a gospel hall of 1884....

The fine house at 36 Scotch Street set back from the present building line, was designed for the Dobbin family by Johnston in 1812. It is reputed to be the site of a church built by St Patrick in AD444, the year before he obtained the prime site up on the hill. To visit the remains of the longest friary church in Ireland (163ft), you have to cross the (busy) A28....

This National Trust property is open again albeit to a very limited extent after a closure of more than twenty years. The parkland of the eighteenth century thatched cottage once a manor house was laid out by John Sutherland, 1745 to 1826, a disciple of Capability Brown.

There are fine views of the Mournes and Newry. The walled garden is under cultivation and there are some imposing mature trees, including exotics. 18th-century mansion was home to Isaac Corry, General in Chief of the Iri...

A modest gentleman farmer's residence with aspirations of grandeur. Originally a seventeenth-century house, it was enlarged with a hotch-potch of extensions at various times between 1780 and 1810....

The big house with curvilinear Dutch gables at Richhill (population 1700) was built after 1664. Its magnificent wrought iron gates, made in 1745 by the Thornberry brothes of Armagh, were moved to Hillsborough....

Located just four miles from Portadown, Monepenny's Lock is the first lock on the Newry Canal. The tranquil setting of this delightful cottage offers the perfect escape from our modern lifestyles to those who venture to walk or cycle along the Newry Canal Towpath from Portadown. A small museum and exhibition are now housed in the Lock House and the adjacent stables and bothy.

Together they provide a wealth of information on the history of Newry Canal that runs from Portadown to Newry and...