Tandragee
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Tandragee is a village on the Cusher River
Cusher River
Cusher River is a river in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is formed by the junction, near Mountnorris, of two small streams , flows by Tandragee, and joins the River Bann one mile above Portadown....

 in County Armagh
County Armagh
-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. It had a population of 3,050 at the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

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Overlooking the village is the baronial style castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 built in about 1837 by George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester
George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester
George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, etc. , known as Viscount Mandeville from 1799 to 1843, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament....

. Before it was burnt down in the Irish Rebellion of 1641
Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for the Catholics living under English rule...

, Tandragee Castle
Tandragee Castle
Tandragee Castle, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland was built in 1837 by George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester as the family's Irish home. The Duke of Manchester acquired the estate through his marriage to Millicent Sparrow ....

 was the ancestral seat of the Ó hAnnlúinn
O'Hanlon Sept
The Ó h-Anluain family was an agnatic extended family comprising one of a string of dynasts along the Ulster-Leinster border. Depending on the advantage to the sept, the named leader—The Ó Hanlon—supported either the Earl of Tyrone or authorities within the English Pale. During the 15th century,...

 sept
Sept (social)
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

. The castle today houses the offices of the potato-crisp company Tayto
Tayto (Northern Ireland)
Tayto Limited is a manufacturer of crisps and corn snacks based in Tandragee, County Armagh. It employs 300 people at its plant in Tandragee Castle and remain the largest selling brand of crisps in Northern Ireland and the third biggest crisp and snack business in the United Kingdom.-History:Tayto...

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Northern Ireland Electricity
Northern Ireland Electricity
Northern Ireland Electricity Limited is the electricity asset owner of the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Northern Ireland. NIE does not own generate or supply electricity. NIE is a subsidiary of ESB Group....

 has an interconnector to County Louth
County Louth
County Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 from the outskirts of the town.

Community

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Education

  • Tandragee Primary School
  • Tandragee Junior High School
  • Tandragee Nursery
  • Button Moon Play Group

Sport

  • The town has several intermediate-standard football teams : Bourneview Young Men
    Bourneview Young Men F.C.
    Bourneview Young Men is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Intermediate A division of the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland.-Current squad:...

    , Blackers Mill
    Blackers Mill F.C.
    Blackers Mill, is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Intermediate A division of the Mid-Ulster Football League in Northern Ireland.-External links:* * -...

     & Tandragee Rovers. They all play their matches in the Mid-Ulster Football League
    Mid-Ulster Football League
    The Daily Mirror Mid-Ulster Football League, or simply referred to as the Mid-Ulster League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 9 divisions...

    . It also has a golf course at Markethill Road, within walking distance of the town centre. It is 5,589 metres, par 71, and a hilly parkland course, requiring much accuracy and thought. There is a professional shop and full catering.

Industry

  • Thomas Sinton
    Thomas Sinton
    Thomas Sinton, JP was an Irish industrialist and magistrate. Sinton made a significant impact upon the Irish linen trade; not least establishing the village of Laurelvale, County Armagh....

     opened a mill in town in the 1880s, an expansion of his firm from its original premises at nearby Laurelvale
    Laurelvale
    Mullavilly-Laurelvale is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was once two settlements but they have since merged. The village is 3 miles south of Portadown and 1.5 miles northwest of Tandragee. In the 2001 Census Mullavilly-Laurelvale had a population of 1,258.-Name:The village covers...

     - a model village
    Model village
    A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...

     which he built. Sintons' mill, situated at the banks of the River Cusher, remained in production until the 1990s.

  • There is also a well-known crisp factory called Tayto, situated at an entrance near the war memorial. People can pay to get a guided tour, and even taste some crisps.

Transport

  • Tandragee railway station opened on 6 January 1852 and finally closed on 4 January 1965.

  • There is an airstrip for landing and taking off of small aircraft located in Tandragee near the old porridge factory (Newry exit of town)

2001 Census

Tandragee is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 2,050 and 4,500 people).
On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 3,050 people living in Tandragee. Of these:
  • 24.9% were aged under 16 years and 14.3% were aged 60 and over
  • 48.0% of the population were male and 50.0% were female
  • 10.5% were from a Roman Catholic
    Catholic
    The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

     background and 86.9% were from a Protestant
    Protestantism
    Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

    background
  • 2.0% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.


For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

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