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Armagh

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Ar·magh  (är-mä, ärmä)
A town of southern Northern Ireland. Reputedly founded by Saint Patrick, it is the seat of both the Roman Catholic and Protestant primates of Ireland. Population: 12,700.
Armagh [ɑːˈmɑː]
n
1. (Placename) a historical county of S Northern Ireland: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Armagh and Craigavon. Area: 1326 sq. km (512 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a district in Northern Ireland, in Co. Armagh. Pop.: 54 263 (2001). Area: 667 sq. km (258 sq. miles)
3. (Placename) a town in S Northern Ireland, in Armagh district, Co. Armagh: seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops. Pop.: 14 640 (1991)


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Robin Eames, primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, is known to Anglicans around the world for his role in chairing three commissions of the Anglican Communion--one on women in the episcopate (or order of bishop), one on theology and doctrine that led to the publication of the Virginia Report, and most recently the Lambeth Commission on Communion that issued the Windsor Report.
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