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Newtownhamilton
Location within Northern Ireland
Population2,836 (2011)
Irish grid reference H930278
District
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWRY
Postcode district BT35
Dialling code 028, +44 28
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Armagh
54°11′26″N6°34′35″W / 54.19058°N 6.57644°W / 54.19058; -6.57644

Newtownhamilton is a small village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies predominantly within Tullyvallan townland. The civil parish is within the historic barony of Fews Upper. [2] In the 2011 Census it had 2,836 inhabitants.

Contents

The village is built around two narrow main streets (Armagh Street and Dundalk Street) and a main town square (The Square). Other places include Newry Street, Castleblaney Street (known locally as 'Blaney Hill'), Shambles Lane and The Commons. Residential areas include Dungormley Estate, Meadowvale and the Nine Mile Road.

Name

Before the Plantation of Ulster the area of Newtownhamilton was known as Tullyvallan. This comes from the Irish Tulaigh Uí Mhealláin meaning "Ó Mealláin's hillock." [3]

The modern Irish name of Newtownhamilton is An Baile Úr, meaning "the new town"; a rarely used alternative is Baile Úr Uí Urmoltaigh ("the new town of Hamilton"). [1]

History

On 9 May 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, some 200 Irish Republican Army volunteers under Frank Aiken surrounded and attacked the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks in Newtownhamilton. After a two-hour firefight, the IRA breached the barracks wall with explosives and stormed the building. The RIC refused to surrender even though the building was set alight with petrol from a potato-spraying machine.The 200-400 IRA men left the town at daybreak Discouraged and very drunk from the public house they had broken into beside the Barracks and had demolished the walk Between the Pub and the barracks. leaving the Constabulary still shouting No Surrender and with the Officers safe. One officer's wife and children had been hiding the whole time, With the Mother Helping load the magazines for the constabulary. [4]

Newtownhamilton suffered significant disruption, damage and fatalities during The Troubles from the late 1960s to the 1990s. The deadliest incident was the Tullyvallen massacre. For more information, see The Troubles in Newtownhamilton. While the British Army had a major presence in the village during the conflict, this was scaled down and eventually removed entirely following the Good Friday Agreement. In 2006 it was announced that the local police station would be upgraded to full-time status due to a recent bomb explosion caused by a nationalist still active group. [5]

Education

Demography

2011 Census

Newtownhamilton is classified as a small town. On Census Day [6] (27 March 2011), in Newtownhamilton Ward, there were 2,836 people living in 956 households, giving an average household size of 2.97.

Of the population aged 3 years old and over:

2001 Census

On Census day 29 April 2001, there were 648 people living in Newtownhamilton.

Civil parish of Newtownhamilton

The civil parish contains the village of Newtownhamilton. [2]

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: [2]

Notable people

See also

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References

1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/29742796

  1. 1 2 Newtownhamilton. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. 1 2 3 "Newtownhamilton". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Place Names Ni: Tullyvallan
  4. ↑ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign. Mercier Press, 2011. pp.22-24
  5. ↑ Bradfield, Phillip. "Orde visit seen as farewell to Army". News Letter. 20 October 2006.
  6. ↑ "NISRA".

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