Drumcree Church
Drumcree Parish Church, officially The Church of the Ascension, is the Church of Ireland parish church of Drumcree in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It sits on a hill in the townland of Drumcree, outside Portadown.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Church of The Ascension, Drumcree”, “Drumcree Parish Church”, and “The Church of the Ascension”
- Address: Drumcree Road
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portadown railway station and Clounagh Junior High School.
Portadown railway station
Railway stop
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Portadown Railway Station serves the town of Portadown in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The station is located on the Belfast-Dublin railway line. The original station opened in 1842, and the present station opened in 1970. Portadown railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Drumcree Church.
Clounagh Junior High School
School
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clounagh Junior High School is a controlled school on the Brownstown Road, Portadown, Northern Ireland. It accepts male and female pupils following primary education. Clounagh Junior High School is situated 1½ miles south of Drumcree Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portadown and Craigavon.
Portadown
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portadown is an industrial town historically in County Armagh in Northern Ireland, but since 2015 part of the Armagh-Banbridge-Craigavon District. Its population in 2021 was 33,000.
Craigavon
Town
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craigavon is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. Craigavon is situated 3 miles east of Drumcree Church.
Derrytrasna
Locality
Derrytrasna is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is on a plateau surrounded mainly by bogland in the north of the county. It lies between Lough Neagh, Lough Gullion and the River Bann. Derrytrasna is situated 4 miles north of Drumcree Church.
Drumcree Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.44046° or 54° 26′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.45936° or 6° 27′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C6MCGRR+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 616311458OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q2738002
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Drumcree Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德拉姆克里教堂”
- Irish: “Droim Crí”
- Japanese: “ドラムクリー教会”
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