h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Anybody out there with a good knowledge of County Armagh who could help us to write an entry about it?

Paully

Surely there has to be someone out there who knows something about County Armagh? What facts and figures about this part of the world are you just begging to share with us? Post them in this thread!

Paully

Some of the basics -

Area: 1,254 km sq

Population: approx 141,000

Bordered by Lough Neagh to the north, County Down to the east, County Tyrone to the west and the Republic of Ireland counties of Louth and Monaghan to the south.

The River Bann, Northern Ireland's longest river, runs through the county.

The capital of the county is also called Armagh. Armagh City is the ecclesiastical capital of all Ireland, with both the Roman Catholic and Protestant cathedrals being located here.

It's also the orchard county of Norn Irn - Armagh apples are famous!

A fantastic start there!

P

I'm delighted to announce that we already have two County entries in Peer Review, waiting to receive any bouquets or brickbats that people might lob in their general direction! If you're currently either working on or contributing to a County entry of your own right now, you might like to have a quick look to see how some other researchers have tackled this challenge. They are: County Fermanagh (A6092606) and Norfolk (A6108473).

Hope you enjoy reading them!

Paully

A (very) rough first draft:

A7181345

I don't know that much about Armagh, so any suggestions for additional content will be most welcome.

Good start!

Watch your "it's" - can only mean it is. If you mean "belonging to it" then no apostrophe

Worth mentioning the Garvaghy Road in the Troubles section?

My paternal grandparents came from there, and I remember my grandad singing me:


"There's one fair county in Ireland
With memories so glorious and grand
Where nature has lavished its bounties
In the orchard of Erin's green land
I love its cathederal city
Once founded by Patrick so true
And there in the heart of its bosom
Lie the ashes of Brian Boru

It's my old Irish home
Far across the foam
Although I've often left it, in foreign lands to roam*
No matter where I wander through cities near or far
Sure me heart's at home in old Ireland (Where?**)
In the county of Armagh"


* I used to think this was "Rome", having only heard the song
** shouted out by all the audience


, Aww, just remembering that and typing it out brings back happy memories

I'll definitely use that song.

And mention Drumcree/Garvaghy Road. It's a minefield talking about that though! Hard to strike a NPOV balance.

Thanks for the input!

BTW, I wrote a short article on 'another' site about Mickey Marley, and managed to get permission to use a great picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mickey_Marley.jpg

Thought you might like to see it.

What a great photo!

I love the juxtaposition of the olde-worlde hand cranked roundabout next to the high street multiples.

Added those bits now.

Any more suggestions before I put it into PR anyone?

Lookin' good!

You've done a grand job there with the parades issue

Thanks! I've stuck it in PR.

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Challenge h2g2' to 'County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK'.

Currently clearing out Challenge h2g2, so I thought I'd move the thread from there to this soon-to-be Edited Entry. Cheers! Paully

Good works guys, I'd lik eto hear more about the parades