Jerrettspass

Jerrettspass
Railway bridge at Jerrettspass
Jerrettspass is located in Northern Ireland
Jerrettspass
Jerrettspass
Location within Northern Ireland
Irish grid referenceJ0633
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWRY
Postcode districtBT35
Dialling code028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Armagh
54°14′13″N 6°22′19″W / 54.237°N 6.372°W / 54.237; -6.372
The post office at Jerrettspass, pictured here in 1988, closed in 2009

Jerrettspass (Irish: Bealach Sheirit)[1] is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland,[2] beside the River Blackwater, that forms the border with County Down. It is situated in the townland of Kilmonaghan, in the civil parish of Killevy and the historic barony of Orior Lower,[1] approximately 4 miles north of the city of Newry. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Bealach Sheirit / Jerrettspass". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Jerrettspass & Lurganare Cluster - Village Renewal and Development Plans" (PDF). newrymournedown.org. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Census 2021 - Person and household estimates for settlements CT0046". NISRA.gov.uk.