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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox town<br />
|name=Whitecross<br />
|county=Armagh<br />
|irish=Corr Leacht<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/136080.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland: Whitecross/Corr Leacht]</ref><br />
|picture=Kingsmills Road at Whitecross - geograph.org.uk - 1528182.jpg<br />
|latitude=54.22332<br />
|longitude=-6.4872<br />
|population = 352<br />
|census year=2011<br />
|os grid ref=H987315 <br />
|LG district=Newry, Mourne and Down<br />
|post town=Armagh<br />
|postcode=BT60<br />
|dialling code=028<br />
|constituency=Newry & Armagh<br />
}}<br />
'''Whitecross''' is a small village in [[County Armagh]] lying within the parish of Ballymyre and the [[townland]] of Corlat ({{Irish derived place name|Corr Leacht|round hill of the monument}}).<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=17868 Placenames NI]</ref> In the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 352.<ref>See ''Census 2011 - Headcount and Household Estimates for Settlements'' published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, available at http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html</ref><br />
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It has one public house, which was built in the 1970s on the site of the old police barracks. The original public house stood a few hundred yards away, at the bottom of the Ballymoyer Road. The old creamery was held in high regard and was once noted for producing fine butter and cheese for rich Irish households. It was also one of the earliest co-operatives in the country.<br />
The townland of Corlat is one of eight townlands given to the Maor family as reward for keeping the famous ''Book of Armagh'' (the name Maor meaning "steward" or "keeper" in Irish). This famous book is now held at Trinity College, Dubli.<br />
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==Schools==<br />
*Kingsmills Primary School<br />
*St Malachy's Primary School<br />
*St Teresa's Primary School<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]<br />
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