Where is Ballymore Parish Church?

Ballymore Parish Church is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3555°, -6.4154°.

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Ballymore Parish Church

Ballymore Parish Church in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Along Church Street and down Ballymore Road - geograph.org.uk - 1406118 — HENRY CLARK — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Ballymore Parish Church is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Ballymore Parish Church is a 19th-century stone Church of Ireland church in Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The church was referenced in ecclesiastical records as far back as 1343 and maintained an association with the Dukes of Manchester, who were benefactors to the church, until the mid-1950s. The previous church was demolished in 1812 to allow for the building of a bigger cruciform church.

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History

In 1343, Roger Sampford held possession of a Prebendary of Armagh for the Parish Church of Tamlackikieth (Tandragee) with its churches. In 1610, King James I granted Oliver St. John, Lord Deputy of Ireland a large plot of land, which included Ballymore. In 1622, Oliver St. John constructed the church of Ballymore on this land. This structure functioned not only as a place of worship but also as a fortress, featuring walls that were four feet thick and a cannon on the church tower. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641, violence broke out in Tandragee which lead to Edmond O'Hanlon and his rebels setting fire to the church. The church was repaired in 1670, during which a tower was also…

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