County Armagh - Definition and Overview

County Armagh
Area:	1,254 km²
Population:	141,000 (estimate)
Province:	Ulster

County Armagh (Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county on the island of Ireland. County Armagh is known by some as the Orchard of Ireland because the land is so fertile. Its main town is Armagh.

Armagh is one of the six counties that form the political entity of Northern Ireland.

The Southern Part of Armagh (South Armagh) is the most militarized region in Western Europe due to a history of armed struggle along the border of Ireland, North and South. South Armagh is over 90% Nationalist, and the population is opposed to the British Army presence.

Other towns in Armagh:

• Craigavon, Crossmaglen
• Lisburn, Lurgan
• Portadown
• Tandragee

	Traditional counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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