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Fairgreen Park, ARMAGH, BT60 3UH

Looking north along Fairgreen Avenue. This was the route of the Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway. The railway from Armagh to Keady opened in 1909 and closed in 1957. The onward line along here to Castleblaney opened in 1910 and closed in 1924. The white building, in the middle of the photo, in the distance is the Tassagh Road factory. It sits on what was the site of Keady Railway Station. For more info on this old railway see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castleblayney,_Keady_and_Armagh_Railway

The back of the old Mallon's Picture House, Scala Cinema on top of Keady Hill. The cinema closed a couple of decades ago and has remained derelict ever since.

The old picture-house on top of Keady Hill. This was opened in May 1956, run by Charlie Mallon and his family. It was the busiest venue in the town until it closed June 1990. It seated almost 400 people. Granemore Road is to the right and in the distance are the hills of Armaghbrague. The cinema has been derelict for decades and Keady is still void of a cinema.

The entrance gate to Keady Glen and the Children's Playground from Fairgreen Avenue.

The ramped path down from Fairgreen Avenue to Keady Glen. Mainly used by parents with pushchairs to give access to the children's playground at the bottom.

The steep steps from Fairgreen Avenue down to Keady Glen and the children's playground. Don't worry there is also a ramped path to make this accessible for pushchairs and wheelchairs. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6416283

The image was taken from Victoria Street. The railway south of here towards Castleblayney built in 1910 failed to survive the partition of the island and was closed in 1923.

Seating area next to the waterfall in Keady Glen.

View from Fairgreen Avenue along route of closed railway over Keady Viaduct. You can see the two walls at the top of the viaduct and what now looks like a farm track passing between them. The railway from Armagh to Keady opened in 1909 and closed in 1957. The onward line along here to Castleblaney opened in 1910 and closed in 1924. Keady Railway Station was just beyond the opposite end of the viaduct. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castleblayney,_Keady_and_Armagh_Railway

The footbridge, from the seating area, over the River Clea to Keady Playground and Millwalk. According to an information board, just over the footbridge ".. At the position of the footbridge was a beetling mill. This was demolished in the early 1900s and hand ball alleys constructed on the site. A millrace then carried the water from the mill to another beetling mill at Millmount (now Watson's farm) along the glen, before filling further mill ponds to power the mighty works at Annvale".