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'{{short description|Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Ballymacnab |other_name = {{pad top italic|Baile Mhic an Aba}} |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Northern Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Ulster]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] |subdivision_name3 = [[County Armagh]] |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[West European Time|WET]] |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|54.2984|-6.6399|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 350 |blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]] |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|H886397}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ballymacnab''' (from {{lga|Baile Mhic An Aba}} meaning ''"son of the abbot / McNab's town"'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/9b31e0501b744154b4584b1dce1f859b/page/Place-Name-Info/?data_id=dataSource_1-PlaceNames_Gazeteer_No_Global_IDs_3734%3A25456 |title=Placenames NI database}}</ref> is a [[townland]] and [[village]] in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is within the [[civil parish]] of Kilclooney, four miles south of the City of [[Armagh City|Armagh]] on the road towards [[Newtownhamilton]]. Home to the largest penis in ireland. It is within the [[Armagh City and District Council]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/ |title=NINIS &#124; Neighbourhood Statistics for NI |publisher=Ninis2.nisra.gov.uk |access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> == Geography and history == [[File:NaomhPadraig1Ballymacnab.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Republican Plot in St. Patrick's Church, Ballymacnab, depicting the four [[provinces of Ireland]].]] [[File:NPadraigBallymacnab.jpg|thumb|left|225px|The entrance to St. Patrick's Church, Ballymacnab.]] Local buildings and amenities include Saint Patrick's [[Roman Catholic]] Church, Foley primary school, and Ballymacnab Hall. The local [[pub]], O'Toole's Bar, was originally used a [[safe house]] for [[priests]] and is over 200 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.otoolesbar.net/about.html |title=About O'Tooles Pub |publisher=otoolesbar.net |access-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723233550/http://www.otoolesbar.net/about.html |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named Northern Ireland Pub of The Year in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nipubawards.com/page/award_winners.html |title=O'Tooles Pub of The Year 2009 |publisher=nipubawards.com |access-date=2009-12-13 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Seagahan Lake Reservoir is located to the east of the village, and includes the nearby [[dam]] and Seagahan Water Treatment Works. [[Angling]] is permitted at the reservoir, subject to certain restrictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/product.aspx?ProductID=2569 |title=Seagahan Lake Reservoir |publisher=Discovernorthernireland.com |access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> In May 2008, [[Northern Ireland Water]] commenced a £6.6 Million project to upgrade water treatment technology and infrastructure at the plant in order for it to comply with a new EU directive on water quality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niwater.com/may2008.asp |title=May 2008 |publisher=Niwater.com |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824142520/http://www.niwater.com/may2008.asp |archive-date=2009-08-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The closest settlements are Granemore to the west, Clady to the south, Corran to the south-west, Keady to the south-west, Armagh to the north and Mullaghbrac to the east. The townland was previously part of lands confiscated from Catholic landowners and thereafter ceded to the Earl of Charlemont during the [[plantation of Ulster]],<ref>Connolly, S.J. (Ed); (2004). ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History''</ref> for example [[James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont]]. The lands were worked by tenant farmers under the [[tithe]] and con-acre system. The majority Catholic population of Ballymacnab was reduced by emigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.<ref>[[Economic history of Ireland]]</ref><ref>Guinnane, T (1997). ''The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland''. Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|0-691-04307-8}}.</ref> Many of the emigrants settled in the west of [[Scotland]] and in particular, [[Glasgow]].<ref>Burrowes, J (2003). ''Irish: The Remarkable Saga of a Nation and a City''. Mainstream Publishing. {{ISBN|1-84018-685-2}}</ref><ref>Coogan, T.P. (2002). ''Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora''. Hutchinson Press. {{ISBN|0-09-995850-3}}</ref><ref>Sloan, W. Cummings & Devine (Eds) (1997). ''Employment Opportunities and Migrant Group Assimilation: the Highlanders and Irish in Glasgow, 1840-1900'' in ''Proc. Industry, Business & Society''.</ref> ===The Troubles=== For more information see [[The Troubles in Keady]]; [[The Troubles in Armagh]] and [[Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade]]. == Culture == In common with much of County Armagh, the area is referred to in local history and folklore. One famous story concerns the ‘Bull’s Track’. This is a landmark at the junction of the main Armagh/Newtownhamilton road and the Ballymacnab Road that leads to Seagahan Dam. A large stone marks the spot where it is claimed a large black bull landed after having been flung from neighbouring Armaghbreague Mountain by an angry [[Saint Patrick]], after the same bull had knocked down the church he was building in Armaghbreague for the third consecutive night. A mark which resembles the imprint of a Bull's Foot remains to this day, and recent refurbishment work to the landmark has attempted to highlight the Bull's Track as a tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruralinks.org/bcda.shtml |title=The RuraLinks Project BALLYMACNAB C D A |publisher=Ruralinks.org |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142601/http://www.ruralinks.org/bcda.shtml |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Sport == Ballymacnab is home to [[Gaelic football]] club [[Ballymacnab Round Towers GAC]], which plays its home games at Pairc na nGael.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club History - ballymacnab-round-towers |url=http://ballymacnab.armagh.gaa.ie/home/history |website=ballymacnab.armagh.gaa.ie |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> Ballymacnab is also home to the successful Saint Brenda's [[camogie]] club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ballymacnabcamogie.com/ |title=Saint Brenda's Camogie Club, Ballymacnab, Co. Armagh |access-date=2007-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406155254/http://www.ballymacnabcamogie.com/ |archive-date=2007-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==See also== * [[Keady]] == References == {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== * Connolly, S.J. (Ed); (2004). ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History''. {{ISBN|0-19-280501-0}}. * Burrowes, J; (2003). ''Irish: The Remarkable Saga of a Nation and a City''. {{ISBN|1-84018-685-2}}. * Coogan, T.P; (2002). ''Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora''. {{ISBN|0-09-995850-3}} * Guinnane, T (1997). ''The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland''. {{ISBN|0-691-04307-8}}. * Sloan, W. Cummings & Devine (Eds) (1997). ''Employment Opportunities and Migrant Group Assimilation: the Highlanders and Irish in Glasgow, 1840-1900'' in ''Proc. Industry, Business & Society''. ==External links== * [http://ballymacnab.armagh.gaa.ie/ Ballymacnab Gaelic Football Club] - Official Site of the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] football club. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070406155254/http://www.ballymacnabcamogie.com/ Saint Brenda's Ballymacnab Camogie Club] - Official Site of the local Camogie club. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142601/http://www.ruralinks.org/bcda.shtml Ballymacnab Community Development Association] - Local social, economic and cultural association. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614031606/http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Seagahan-Lake-Reservoir-Armagh-P2569 Seagahan Lake Reservoir] - Discover Northern Ireland tourism webpage. * [http://www.bygonesandbyways.com/folders/customs_and_superstitions/country_cracks.htm local stories] - Extracts from a book Entitled: Country Cracks: Old Tales from the County of Armagh by T. G. F. Paterson, curator of Armagh County Museum. {{County Armagh}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in County Armagh]] [[Category:Townlands of County Armagh]]'