- Ballydougan
Ballydougan is a townland in
County Armagh nearLurgan ,Northern Ireland .Kingsmill massacre
The
Ulster Volunteer Force killed three Catholics there on4 January 1976 (seeReavey and O'Dowd killings ) as well as another three Catholics (three brothers) in Whitecross the same day, leading to theKingsmill massacre where theSouth Armagh Republican Action Force (a proxy of theProvisional Irish Republican Army ) shot 10 Protestant men dead the following day.Bloomvale House
Bloomvale House has had craftspeople living and working in it since 1785 and is currently the home of Ballydougan pottery ( [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0953767299&id=mlhph73ewd0C&pg=PA560&lpg=PA560&dq=Ballydougan&sig=BGhbHVg9Y5lVsCLQMhapJ1xUEaE] ).
References
* Michael McKernan and Owen McQuade, "Northern Ireland Yearbook", Bmf Business Services, 1 March, 2004, ISBN 0-9537672-9-9
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