Located in Northern Ireland, Armagh is one of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland, as well as the historic province of Ulster. It is known as the “Orchard County” due to its many apple orchards. Ancient Armagh was the territory of Ullaid, also known as Voluntiii, Ultonians, Ulstermen, Ulidians. Today Armagh ceases to serve as an electoral constituency which began in 1983, but it remains the core of the Newry and Armagh constituency. ","Ireland was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","The northern region of Ulster was an ancient kingdom, and one of the four historic Provinces of Ireland. The region was mostly annexed by the English Crown during the reign of James I (1603-1625). The Province of Ulster is now","The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Famine or Great Hunger lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"McCana","sU":"MACCANN","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/MACCANN/IR/McCana/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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