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Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mullaghbrack, Mullabrack or Mullaghbrac (from Irish An Mullach Breac, meaning 'speckled hilltop')[1] is a small civil parish, townland and village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village of Mullaghbrack is on the road between Markethill and Hamiltonsbawn, just north of Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 54 people (24 households) in the 2011 census,[2] down from 75 people as of the 2001 census.[citation needed]
The civil parish of Mullaghbrack (Irish: An Mullach Breac) spans the historic baronies of Fews Lower and Oneilland West in County Armagh.[3] There are 43 townlands in the civil parish,[4] including smaller townlands like Mullaghbrack townland itself (254 acres (1.03 km2))[5] and slightly larger townlands like Drumnamether (389 acres (1.57 km2)).[6] Larger settlements in the civil parish include Markethill.[7]
In the 5th century, a simple wooden church was built at Mullaghbrack, within the remains of an ancient earthen-ringed fort. This church is associated with the Culdee Priors of Armagh, who are sometimes regarded as "the successors of St Patrick".[8]
The area was impacted during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Irish commander Féilim Ó Néill, on his march from Newry to Armagh in 1641, reputedly ordered Mulmory MacDonell "... to kill all the English and Scots within the parishes of Mullebrack, Logilly and Kilcluney".[9] Among the properties destroyed in the Markethill area were the parish churches of Mullaghbrack and Kilcluney, Achesons Castle at Markethill and Hamilton's bawn. The rectors of Mullaghbrack (Reverend Mercer) and Loughgilly (Reverend Burns) were both killed.[10]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is O'Donovan Rossa's (Cumann Uí Dhonnabháin Rossa), founded in 1903 as the Shamrocks; it disappeared in the 1930s but was reformed under its present name in 1953. The high point in the club's history was its winning the county Junior championship in 1983.[11]
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