Keady

This article is about the village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Keady (disambiguation).

Keady
Kinelowen Street in the village
Keady is located in Northern Ireland
Keady
Keady
Location within Northern Ireland
Population3,051 (2011 Census)
Irish grid referenceH844340
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARMAGH
Postcode districtBT60
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
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UK Parliament
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54°14′54″N 6°42′17″W / 54.2483°N 6.7046°W / 54.2483; -6.7046

Keady (from Irish An Céide, meaning 'the flat-topped hill'[1]) is a town and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh with six townlands in the barony of Tiranny.[2] It had a population of 3,051 people in the 2011 Census.[3]

A tributary of the River Callan, known as the Clea, flows from its source in Clea Lake (also spelled as Clay Lake) through the middle of the village. The River Clea once powered Keady's millwheels. In the middle of the village, on the banks of the river, stands the Old Mill, which has been converted into workshops and offices.

  1. ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann".
  2. ^ "Keady". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Keady Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 5 May 2021. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.