Markethill
Markethill is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 1,647 people in the 2011 census. A livestock market is held here three times a week and each summer the world's largest Lambeg drumming contest takes place in the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brholden, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamiltonsbawn and Richhill.
Hamiltonsbawn
Village
Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamiltonsbawn or Hamilton's Bawn is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, five miles east of Armagh. It lies within the civil parish of Mullabrack and the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council area. Hamiltonsbawn is situated 3 miles north of Markethill.
Richhill
Village
Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Richhill is a large village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Armagh and Portadown. It had a population of 2,738 people in the 2021 Census. Richhill is situated 5 miles north of Markethill.
Whitecross
Hamlet
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitecross is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies within the civil parish of Ballymyre and the townland of Corlat. In the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 352. Whitecross is situated 5 miles south of Markethill.
Markethill
- Type: Village with 1,650 residents
- Description: village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2969° or 54° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
-6.52099° or 6° 31′ 16″ westPopulation
1,650Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MRHOpen location code
9C6M7FWH+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 267762637OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Markethill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Markethill”
- Chinese: “马特希尔”
- Dutch: “Markethill”
- French: “Markethill”
- Irish: “cNoc An Mhargaidh”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Mhargaidh”
- Italian: “Markethill”
- Malay: “Markethill”
- Pali: “मर्केथिल्ल”
- Persian: “مارکتهیل”
- Russian: “Маркетхилл”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cnoc an Mhargaidh”
- Spanish: “Markethill”
- Swedish: “Markethill”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Markethill”. Photo: Brholden, Public domain.