Brannock, County Armagh

Brannock
Brannock is located in Northern Ireland
Brannock
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Postcode districtNewry (South Armagh)
Dialling code028
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54°18′01″N 6°22′34″W / 54.3002°N 6.3762°W / 54.3002; -6.3762

Brannock is a townland in Poyntzpass, County Armagh. It comes from the Irish name Bran Cnoc which translates as Hill of the Raven.[1] It is situated in the Barony of Orior Lower and the Parish of Ballymore. A number of well-known local families and people were from, or lived in, Brannock such as MacCulla, Calvert, McComb, McGivern, Morrow, Alexander and Mackle.

  1. ^ "Place Names NI - Home".