Ballydougan

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Ballydougan is a townland in County Armagh near Lurgan, Northern Ireland.

[edit] Kingsmill massacre

The Ulster Volunteer Force killed three Catholics there on 4 January 1976 (see Reavey and O'Dowd killings) as well as another three Catholics (three brothers) in Whitecross the same day, leading to the Kingsmill massacre where the South Armagh Republican Action Force (a proxy of the Provisional Irish Republican Army) shot 10 Protestant men dead the following day.

[edit] Bloomvale House

Bloomvale House has had craftspeople living and working in it since 1785 and is currently the home of Ballydougan pottery ([1]).

[edit] References

• Michael McKernan and Owen McQuade, Northern Ireland Yearbook, Bmf Business Services, 1 March, 2004, ISBN 0-9537672-9-9