Kilmore, County Armagh

Kilmore or Killmore (from the Irish: Cill Mhór) is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Richhill and within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area. It had a population of 190 people (74 households) in the 2011 Census.

This article is about the village in County Armagh. For other uses, see Kilmore.

Kilmore
Kilmore Parish Church
Kilmore
Location within Northern Ireland
Population190 
Irish grid referenceH 94335 51124
• Belfast28 mi (45 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townArmagh
Postcode districtBT61
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
  • Newry and Armagh
NI Assembly
  • Newry and Armagh

Finds from the area include a 12th-century silver finger ring, a bone comb, fragments of a lignite bracelet, skeletal remains from fields surrounding the church and an early 10th-century copper alloy and crutch-headed pin now in the British Museum.

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