Derryhale

Derryhale
Irish: *Doire Chaol*
Derryhale Irish: Doire Chaol;
	Boyd's cottage, Derryhale, in 2007
	Derryhale Location within Northern Ireland
County	County Armagh;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT62
Dialling code	028
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Armagh 54°23′06″N 6°28′48″W / 54.385°N 6.480°W

Derryhale (from Irish Doire Chaol, meaning 'narrow oakwood')^[1] is a small village and townland (of 834 acres) in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Portadown, Richhill and Tandragee. It is situated in the civil parish of Kilmore and the historic barony of Oneilland West.^[2] It had a population of 360 people (129 households) in the 2011 Census.^[3] (2001 Census: 246 people)

Archaeology

A Bronze Age hoard was found at Derryhale and included a star-shaped faience bead, knives with ridged tangs and pins.^[4]

^ "Derryhale". Place Names NI. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "Derryhale". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ "Derryhale". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^ Flanagan, L (1992). A Dictionary of Irish Archaeology. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. pp. 32, 135, 174.

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