Silverbridge, County Armagh
Silverbridge is a small village in the townland of Legmoylin in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. In the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 112.[1] The local GAA club is Silverbridge Harps GFC, which plays football at Intermediate level in county competitions.[2] The area was historically called Belanargit (from Béal Átha an Airgid meaning "ford mouth of the silver").[3]
Silverbridge
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 Bridge over the Cully Water | |
  Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 112 (2011) |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWRY |
| Postcode district | BT35 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
The Troubles
On 19 December 1975, during The Troubles, an Ulster Volunteer Force gun and bomb attack on Donnelly's Bar & Filling Station resulted in the death of Trevor Bracknell (35), an Englishman married to a local woman, and Patrick Donnelly (24) and Michael Donnelly (14), both Catholics, all civilians.[4][5][6]
References
- See Census 2011 - Headcount and Household Estimates for Settlements published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
- Armagh GAA website Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, armaghgaa.net; accessed 23 October 2015.
- Place Names NI
- The SAS in Ireland, Mercier Press, Raymond Murray, page 165
- Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77, Ken Wharton, page 151
- Malcolm Sutton. "Chronological List of Deaths - 1975". CAIN Web Archive - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland. Ulster University. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
See also
- List of villages in Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
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