Official Name: | Killeen |
Irish Name: | Cillín |
Static Image: | The rear gate of Killean Primary School, Killeen - geograph.org.uk - 5781902.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Primary school in Killean |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.1251°N -6.3385°W |
Label Position: | none |
Belfast Distance Mi: | 38 |
Dublin Distance Mi: | 67 |
Population: | 75 |
Population Ref: | (2001 Census) |
Irish Grid Reference: | J085265 |
Unitary Northern Ireland: | Newry, Mourne and Down |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Post Town: | NEWRY |
Postcode Area: | BT |
Postcode District: | BT34, BT35 |
Dial Code: | 028 |
Constituency Westminster: | Newry and Armagh |
Constituency Ni Assembly: | Newry and Armagh |
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland: | County Armagh |
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Killeen[1] or Killean [2] is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Killeavy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about four miles (6.5 km) south of Newry, near the border with County Louth in the Republic of Ireland.
In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 75 people. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.
For more information, see The Troubles in Killeen, which includes a list of incidents in the area during "the Troubles" resulting in two or more fatalities.
The sole school within the village is St Michael's Primary School, 29 Killean School Road.
The primary place of worship in the village is St. Michael's Chapel, a Roman Catholic church.
Máire Drumm, a vice-president of Sinn Féin from 1972 until her death in 1976, was from the village.[3]