Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh

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Ian Paisley (1926– 2014), born in County Armagh, clergyman, politician, second First Minister of Northern Ireland

County Armagh remains officially used for purposes such as a Lieutenancy area – the county retains a lord lieutenant who acts as representative of the British Monarch in the county. [21] If you walked down through the town you’d be guaranteed your bag would be taken off you by the soldiers — Oisín McConville Knowledge of Ulster Scots [ edit ] Ability in Ulster Scots of all usual residents aged 3 or over (2021 Census) [5] Ability in Ulster Scots As the last of the British military watchtowers in south Armagh, its removal was regarded as hugely symbolic. For the residents who lived through the Troubles, how do they feel about their town’s “lawless” reputation post-conflict? And will it remain a “place apart” for the next generation?

Sir Robert Hart (1835–1911), born in County Armagh, second Inspector-General of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service (IMCS) from 1863 to 1911

Alan Mains was posted to the area after patrolling the leafy suburbs of the Lisburn Road in Belfast as a young RUC sergeant in 1986. The county was administered by Armagh County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. [20] Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019 . Retrieved 29 November 2019. The Bandit ( Brian Bloom) goes home for a family reunion and along the way, he meets music star Mel Tillis, who is forced to make an emergency landing when his plane malfunctions. The Bandit helps Mel, but soon finds himself in hot water when his cousin Johnny ( Christopher Atkins) gets into the music bootlegging business.It was always stressful. You'd worry someone would fire into the camp with mortars, you were worried on patrol - some guys were worried about being blown up, other guys were frightened of being sniped. I didn't want to get hit by a nail bomb, because... it was like nuts, bolts, shrapnel, bits of metal. And you didn't want to catch any of that below the waist'. Between 1971 and 1997, there were 123 British soldiers killed in south Armagh – about a fifth of British military Trouble-related deaths in the North – along with 41 Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police officers and 75 civilians.

Some of the snipers were eventually caught, but during that period when they weren’t caught it was psychologically very difficult for police officers to go out and patrol,” Mains adds. Andrew Nesbitt (1960), raised in Aughnagurgan, County Armagh, professional rally driver and winner of the 2000 and 2002 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Considered one of Irelands top 5 ever drivers. The incident was a rare case of soldiers breaking the Army's 'Rules of Engagement' which strictly regulated when they could open fire. I suddenly got a promotion and was going to work in a helicopter. I thought, ‘will I die here?’ — Alan Mains

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For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865. Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl: 10197/1406. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Pennsylvania State Senate – John J McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us . Retrieved 8 February 2019.