Markethill

[1] A livestock market is held here three times a week and each summer the world's largest Lambeg drumming contest takes place in the village.

The village sprang up within the townland of Coolmallish or Coolmillish (Irish: Cúil Mheallghuis),[3] on the road between Armagh and Newry.

The building was last used as a courthouse in 1952, was purchased by Markethill District Enterprises Ltd in June 1997, after lying vacant for 25 years.

[12] It was located on the Armagh to Goraghwood section of line run by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland.

Markethill is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,499 people).

[13] On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Markethill Settlement was 1,647, accounting for 0.09% of the NI total.

[citation needed] The mill was purchased by Spence, Bryson & Co. Ltd in 1909 and remained operational until 1991 when it was badly damaged by an IRA bomb.

Markethill railway station in 1970 on the line constructed by the Newry and Armagh Railway .