Silverbridge
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 Bridge over the Cully Water | |
  Location withinNorthern Ireland | |
| Population | 112 (2011) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWRY |
| Postcode district | BT35 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
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Silverbridge is a smallvillage in thetownland of Legmoylin inCounty Armagh,Northern Ireland. It is within theNewry and Mourne District Council area. In the2011 Census it had a recorded population of 112.[1] The localGAA club isSilverbridge Harps GFC, which plays football at Senior level incounty competitions.[2] The area was historically called Belanargit (fromBéal Átha an Airgid meaning "ford mouth of the silver").[3]
Silverbridge, along with the rest of South Armagh, would have been transferred to theIrish Free State had the recommendations of theIrish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.[4]
On 19 December 1975, duringThe Troubles, anUlster Volunteer Force (UVF)attack on Donnelly's Bar & Filling Station resulted in the deaths of Trevor Bracknell, Patrick Donnelly, and Michael Donnelly.[5][6][7]
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