Belleek is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 150 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster, Ireland. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Office suspended... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... Newry and Mourne District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland covering an area including much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of 87,000. ...
For more information see The Troubles in Belleek (Armagh), which includes a list of incidents in Belleek during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles is a generic and euphemistic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s with the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. ...
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