homes historical armagh

A the north east corner, the Sovereign's House contains the museum of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. It was built in 1810 of stone left over from the courthouse. On the west side, and extravagant small church with a campanile is a gospel hall of 1884....

A modest gentleman farmer's residence with aspirations of grandeur. Originally a seventeenth-century house, it was enlarged with a hotch-potch of extensions at various times between 1780 and 1810....

The orininal house was built Francis Sachevrell but was later exetend by his son-in law Edward Richardson in 1664, with curvilinear Dutch gables. Edward was the Member of Parliment for Armagh at the time, and whom the town today, get it name from.
Its a magnificent house with fine furnising such as the bog-oak stairscase.

The house is also belived to be haunted.

Only the grounds are open to the pubic, admission into t...

Located just four miles from Portadown, Monepenny's Lock is the first lock on the Newry Canal. The tranquil setting of this delightful cottage offers the perfect escape from our modern lifestyles to those who venture to walk or cycle along the Newry Canal Towpath from Portadown. A small museum and exhibition are now housed in the Lock House and the adjacent stables and bothy.

Together they provide a wealth of information on the history of Newry Canal that runs from Portadown to Newry and...

This National Trust property is open again albeit to a very limited extent after a closure of more than twenty years. The parkland of the eighteenth century thatched cottage once a manor house was laid out by John Sutherland, 1745 to 1826, a disciple of Capability Brown.

There are fine views of the Mournes and Newry. The walled garden is under cultivation and there are some imposing mature trees, including exotics. 18th-century mansion was home to Isaac Corry, General in Chief of the Iri...