Tandragee
Coordinates: 54°21′15″N 6°24′55″W / 54.3543°N 6.4154°W
| Tandragee | |
| Irish: Tóin re Gaoith | |
 Tandragee from the south, March 2010, showing Tandragee Castle (top left), St Mark's Church of Ireland (top middle) and St James's Roman Catholic Church (top right) |
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 Tandragee shown within Northern Ireland |
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| Population | 3,050 (2001) |
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| Irish grid reference | J030462 |
| - Belfast | 25 mi (40 km) |
| District | Armagh |
| County | County Armagh |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRAIGAVON |
| Postcode district | BT62 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Newry & Armagh |
| NI Assembly | Newry & Armagh |
| Website | TandrageeOnline |
| List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Armagh | |
Tandragee (from Irish: Tóin re Gaoith meaning "back(side) to/of the wind")[1][2][3] is a village on the Cusher River in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 3,050 at the 2001 Census.
Overlooking the village is the baronial style castle built in about 1837 by George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester. Before it was burnt down in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Tandragee Castle was the ancestral seat of the Ó hAnnlúinn sept. The castle today houses the offices of the potato-crisp company Tayto.
Northern Ireland Electricity has an interconnector to County Louth in the Republic of Ireland from the outskirts of the town.[4]
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[edit] Community
TandrageeOnline- Information about the community and to encourage people to use local businesses and services
[edit] Education
- Tandragee Primary School
- Tandragee Junior High School
- Tandragee Nursery
- Button Moon Play Group
[edit] Sport
- The town has several intermediate-standard football teams : Bourneview Young Men, Blackers Mill & Tandragee Rovers. They all play their matches in the Mid-Ulster Football League. It also has a golf course at Markethill Road, within walking distance of the town centre. It is 5,589 metres, par 71, and a hilly parkland course, requiring much accuracy and thought. There is a professional shop and full catering.
[edit] Industry
- Thomas Sinton opened a mill in town in the 1880s, an expansion of his firm from its original premises at nearby Laurelvale - a model village which he built. Sintons' mill, situated at the banks of the River Cusher, remained in production until the 1990s.[5]
- There is also a well-known crisp factory called Tayto, situated at an entrance near the war memorial. People can pay to get a guided tour, and even taste some crisps.
[edit] Transport
- Tandragee railway station opened on 6 January 1852 and finally closed on 4 January 1965.[6]
- There is an airstrip for landing and taking off of small aircraft located in Tandragee near the old porridge factory (Newry exit of town)
[edit] 2001 Census
Tandragee is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 2,050 and 4,500 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 3,050 people living in Tandragee. Of these:
- 24.9% were aged under 16 years and 14.3% were aged 60 and over
- 48.0% of the population were male and 50.0% were female
- 10.5% were from a Roman Catholic background and 86.9% were from a Protestant background
- 2.0% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
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[edit] References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Culture Northern Ireland - Tandragee
- ^ Tandragee District L.O.L. No.4
- ^ Eirgrid-SONI Transmission System Map, October 2007
- ^ Tandragee to get mill back in action, The Belfast Telegraph
- ^ "Tandragee station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
[edit] External links
- Tandragee Golf Club
- Tandragee Rovers Football Club
- Tandragee 100 Motorcycle Road Race
- The Tanderagee Idol
- Tandragee Guesthouse
- County Armagh.com
- Culture Northern Ireland
- Tandragee Baptist Church
