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Collegeland
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  Collegeland Location withinNorthern Ireland | |
| Population | 122 |
| • Belfast | 32 mi (51 km) |
| • Dublin | 77 mi (124 km) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNGANNON |
| Postcode district | BT71 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | |
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Collegeland is a semi-rural area in northCounty Armagh,Northern Ireland. It includes thetownlands ofAghinlig, Keenaghan, Lislasley, Kinnego, Mullaghmore, and Tirmacrannon[1][2] near the village ofCharlemont and just across theRiver Blackwater fromMoy, County Tyrone, within theArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area. It had a population of 122 people (42 households) in the 2011 census.[3]
In 1859, the lease of the Collure estate (as it was then known) was inherited at his father's death by John Howard Parnell, elder brother ofCharles Stewart Parnell. In 1879, John Parnell, financially strapped, offered his subtenants terms on which to purchase their own farms, according to the "John Bright Clauses" of theLandlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870.[4][5] As late as 1980, tenant farmers in the area paid rent to the estate of Olivia Parnell (widow of John Howard Parnell). A portion of the rents paid for upkeep ofTrinity College, Dublin, hence the name "Collegeland."[6]
Five killings in the Collegeland townlands of Aghinlig and Lislasley are noted in the article onThe Troubles in Loughgall.
The village is home toCollegeland O'Rahilly's Gaelic Athletic Club. They won the Armagh junior championship in 2007 by beating Clady in Armagh (final scores Collegeland 1:09 Clady 0:09).[7]
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