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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Markethill like this:
MARKETHILL, a market and post-town, partly in the parish of MULLAGHBRACK, and partly in the district of KILCLUNEY, barony of LOWER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 5 ½ miles (E.) from Armagh, on the mail coach road to Newry, and 60 miles (N. by W.) from Dublin; containing 1043 inhabitants, and comprising 195 houses. ...
It consists of one principal street, from which two others diverge, and is situated in the midst of a fertile country, the extensive demesne and splendid castle of Gosford, the property of Viscount Gosford, adding greatly to its beauty. Two miles to the south-west is the Vicar's Cairn, or Carricktole, commanding a most extensive and beautiful view. Dean Swift in his writings notices a favourite spot here, which he named Draper's Hill; it is now within Lord Gosford's demesne. This is a thriving town, having more than doubled its inhabitants and houses within the last ten years; it has an excellent market on Friday, and a fair on the third Friday in each month for cattle and pigs: petty sessions are held every Friday, and quarter sessions for the county, alternately with Ballybot, in a neat sessions-house. The staff of the Armagh militia is at this town; among their muniments is deposited the stand of colours taken by them from the French at Ballynamuck, in 1798. It is a constabulary police station; and here is a small prison, with separate cells for males and females. There are large meeting-houses for Presbyterians of the Synod of Ulster and the Associate Synod, and one for Wesleyan Methodists, also a national school and a dispensary.—See MULLAGHBRACK.
Markethill is now part of ARMAGH CITY BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how ARMAGH CITY BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Markethill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Markethill, in Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon and County Armagh | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29190
Date accessed: 18th November 2025
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