Mountnorris

The townland of Mountnorris was historically called Aghnecranagh and Aghenecranagh (). In 1600 Lord Mountjoy built an earthwork fort and left a garrison of 400 men under the command of Captain Edward Blaney in Mountnorris. The area took its name by combining the names of Mountjoy and his campaign commander in the Low Countries, Sir John Norris. By 1620, the village no longer had a garrison and in the 18th century passed into the hands of the Cope family of Loughgall, to become a rural settlement with no military connections. The village was the originally intended site of the Royal School but due to instability at the time in Ulster, the school was resituated to its current site in Armagh and was opened in 1608. On 31 May 1991, during "The Troubles", the Provisional IRA carried out a large truck bomb attack against the British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at nearby Glenanne. It killed three soldiers and wounded another ten. It is often called the "Glenanne barracks bombing". ==Climate==

{{Weather box | width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Glenanne (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 13.5 | Feb record high C = 15.4 | Mar record high C = 18.5 | Apr record high C = 21.1 | May record high C = 24.4 | Jun record high C = 29.2 | Jul record high C = 28.5 | Aug record high C = 28.5 | Sep record high C = 25.6 | Oct record high C = 20.3 | Nov record high C = 16.8 | Dec record high C = 14.6 | year record high C = 29.2 | Jan high C = 6.9 | Feb high C = 7.5 | Mar high C = 9.3 | Apr high C = 11.8 | May high C = 14.8 | Jun high C = 17.2 | Jul high C = 18.6 | Aug high C = 18.3 | Sep high C = 16.1 | Oct high C = 12.6 | Nov high C = 9.3 | Dec high C = 7.1 | year high C = 12.5 | Jan mean C = 4.4 | Feb mean C = 4.7 | Mar mean C = 6.1 | Apr mean C = 8.1 | May mean C = 10.7 | Jun mean C = 13.3 | Jul mean C = 14.9 | Aug mean C = 14.7 | Sep mean C = 12.8 | Oct mean C = 9.7 | Nov mean C = 6.7 | Dec mean C = 4.7 | year mean C = 9.3 | Jan low C = 2.0 | Feb low C = 2.0 | Mar low C = 2.8 | Apr low C = 4.4 | May low C = 6.6 | Jun low C = 9.4 | Jul low C = 11.2 | Aug low C = 11.1 | Sep low C = 9.4 | Oct low C = 6.9 | Nov low C = 4.1 | Dec low C = 2.3 | year low C = 6.0 | Jan record low C = -9.5 | Feb record low C = -5.8 | Mar record low C = -6.2 | Apr record low C = -4.4 | May record low C = -1.0 | Jun record low C = 1.4 | Jul record low C = 5.5 | Aug record low C = 3.9 | Sep record low C = 2.2 | Oct record low C = -0.4 | Nov record low C = -5.7 | Dec record low C = -11.6 | year record low C = -11.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 103.6 | Feb precipitation mm = 82.1 | Mar precipitation mm = 78.2 | Apr precipitation mm = 73.0 | May precipitation mm = 68.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 69.8 | Jul precipitation mm = 78.9 | Aug precipitation mm = 84.8 | Sep precipitation mm = 77.4 | Oct precipitation mm = 101.8 | Nov precipitation mm = 108.1 | Dec precipitation mm = 107.9 | year precipitation mm = 1033.5 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 16.0 | Feb precipitation days = 13.9 | Mar precipitation days = 13.8 | Apr precipitation days = 12.6 | May precipitation days = 12.5 | Jun precipitation days = 12.3 | Jul precipitation days = 14.0 | Aug precipitation days = 14.3 | Sep precipitation days = 12.9 | Oct precipitation days = 15.0 | Nov precipitation days = 15.7 | Dec precipitation days = 15.9 | year precipitation days = 168.9 == People ==

• Andrew Trew Wood (1826–1903), a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian, was born in Mountnorris. • David James McEwen was born in Mountnorris in 1863, son of the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend William McEwen. David James McEwen was raised at Rosehill in Mountnorris until 1889, when he emigrated to Australia. By 1895 he owned and operated the Pharmacy in Chiltern, Victoria and in 1900 he and his wife Sarah (née McMillen) had a son, John McEwen, who would become the 18th Prime Minister of Australia. • Billy Wright (1960–1997), the loyalist paramilitary leader, was raised in Mountnorris. He was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and founded the breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1996 and was assassinated in 1997 by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). == Education ==

• Mountnorris Primary School • St. Teresa's Primary School == References ==