Armagh

[ ahr-mah ]

/ ɑrˈmɑ /

noun

a county in S Northern Ireland. 489 sq. mi. (1267 sq. km). County seat: Armagh.

an administrative district in this county. 261 sq. mi. (676 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for armagh

Turgeis himself is reported to have usurped the abbacy of Armagh.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 |Various
If he had wished to go to Connor on his retirement from Armagh he could have consecrated a bishop for Down.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh |H. J. Lawlor
Fitz-Ralph, Archbishop of Armagh, carried on open war against them.

The Coming of the Friars |Augustus Jessopp
A legend in the Book of Armagh is too good not to be true; it could hardly have been invented.

The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March |Sabine Baring-Gould

The holy youth attached himself from this moment to his master, and was his successor in the primatial see of Armagh.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 |Mary Frances Cusack

British Dictionary definitions for armagh

Armagh

/ (ɑːˈmɑː) /

noun

a historical county of S Northern Ireland: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Armagh and Craigavon. Area: 1326 sq km (512 sq miles)

a district in Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 55 449 (2003 est). Area: 667 sq km (258 sq miles)

a town in S Northern Ireland, in Armagh district, Co Armagh: seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops. Pop: 14 590 (2001)

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