Crossmaglen

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• Today: 14° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 20:02

13h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY

Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 47 kW
• Nearest: Silverbridge Harps GFC (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 20
• DUP 5
• Alli 4
• UUP 1
• SDLP 8
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £51,288 avg

e.g. Head of Technical, Accounts Assistant, Quality Controller

Source: Adzuna

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,824 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newry and Armagh:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Battle of Newry Road · 0.6 km

  The Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks, fought along the lanes east of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 23 September 1…

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  1991 British Army Lynx shootdown · 0.7 km

  On 13 February 1991, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx Mk7, serial number ZE380, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the vicinity of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The…

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  Republican Memorial, Crossmaglen · 0.8 km

  The Republican Memorial is a memorial in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The memorial was unveiled in 1979 during The Troubles, as a dedication to the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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  Crossmaglen · 0.9 km

  Crossmaglen is a village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,610 in the 2011 Census and is the largest village in the south of County Armagh. The village centre is the site of a l…

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  1994 British Army Lynx shootdown · 1.0 km

  On 19 March 1994, a British Army Lynx helicopter was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland. A unit of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade fired a heavy improvised mortar at the Britis…

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  Crossmaglen Rangers GAC · 1.1 km

  Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club is a GAA club in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park, which was ope…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)