Armagh takes its name from Ard Mhacha, the height of the goddess Macha. Long before Dublin was Ireland’s capital, this was the seat of the Ulaid and their Red Branch warriors, and the primatial city of the whole island.
Contae Ard Mhacha · The Orchard County · Ulster
Armagh takes its name from Ard Mhacha, the height of the goddess Macha. Long before Dublin was Ireland’s capital, this was the seat of the Ulaid and their Red Branch warriors, and the primatial city of the whole island.
This is the land of Navan Fort, once Emain Macha, where the boy Cú Chulainn trained among the champions of Ulster — and where St Patrick, centuries later, built his principal church on the hill above.
